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These men traced and searched out all the friends and supporters of Judas and brought them before Bacchides who punished and humiliated them in a thousand ways. (1 Maccabees 9, 26)
The king also seated him by his side, and said to his captains: "Go with him into the center of the city and proclaim that no one is to accuse Jonathan under any pretext, and no one is to molest him for any reason." (1 Maccabees 10, 63)
But the king of Egypt assembled an army as numerous as the sands of the seashore, with many ships, for he intended to trick Alexander, take his kingdom and add it to his own. (1 Maccabees 11, 1)
King Ptolemy for his part seized the coastal cities as far as Deleucia by the sea, for he had made plans against King Alexander. (1 Maccabees 11, 8)
He surrounded the pyramids with great columns, and he had trophies of arms carved upon the columns as a lasting remembrance; and beside the armor, sculptured ships were to be seen by all who sailed the sea. (1 Maccabees 13, 29)
To add to his glory, he took Joppa and made it a harbor, opening a way to communicate with the islands of the sea. (1 Maccabees 14, 5)
He also fortified Joppa by the sea, and Gazara on the borders of Azotus, which was formerly inhabited by enemies, and established Jewish colonies there, providing them with all they needed. (1 Maccabees 14, 34)
Antiochus, son of King Demetrius, sent from the islands of the sea to Simon, the High Priest and leader of the Jews, and to the whole nation, (1 Maccabees 15, 1)
And he surrounded the city while the ships attacked from the sea: the city was completely surrounded by land and sea, and no one could go in or come out. (1 Maccabees 15, 14)
Antiochus took with him eighteen hundred talents which he had stolen from the Temple, and hurriedly went back to Antioch, so proud that he thought himself capable of sailing by land and walking on the sea. (2 Maccabees 5, 21)
Not long before, in his conceit and sense of superiority he thought of giving orders to the sea and measuring the heights of the mountains. Now he lay down and had to be brought on a stretcher, giving to all a clear testimony of the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
This was decided by the city authorities and the Jews accepted in order to show their desire to live with them in peace and without any suspicion at all. But once out in the open sea, the men of Joppa pushed them into the water and at least two hundred died. (2 Maccabees 12, 4)
