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Jonathan sent his brother, who was one of his commanders, to ask his friends the Nabataeans to store their considerable baggage for them. (1 Maccabees 9, 35)
I shall at once do for you what your letter proposes; but meet me at Ptolemais, so that we can see one another, and I shall become your father-in-law, as you have asked.' (1 Maccabees 10, 56)
Ask and learn who I am and who the others supporting us are. You will hear that you cannot stand up to us, since your ancestors were twice routed on their own ground, (1 Maccabees 10, 72)
Jonathan asked the king to exempt Judaea and the three Samaritan districts from taxation, promising him three hundred talents in return. (1 Maccabees 11, 28)
Jonathan, meanwhile, sent to ask King Demetrius to withdraw the garrisons from the Citadel in Jerusalem and from the other fortresses, since they were constantly fighting Israel. (1 Maccabees 11, 41)
As he approached Baskama he killed Jonathan, who was buried there. (1 Maccabees 13, 23)
For us who have undertaken the drudgery of this abridgement, it has been no easy task but a matter of sweat and midnight oil, (2 Maccabees 2, 26)
comparable to the exacting task of someone organising a banquet, whose aim is to satisfy a variety of tastes. Nevertheless, for the sake of rendering a general service, we remain glad to endure this drudgery, (2 Maccabees 2, 27)
On his arrival in Jerusalem, and after a hospitable reception from the high priest and the city, he announced what had been disclosed, thus revealing the reason for his presence, and asked if this was indeed the true situation. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
Heliodorus set about his appointed task. (2 Maccabees 3, 23)
When the king asked Heliodorus what sort of man would be the right person to send to Jerusalem on a second occasion, he replied, (2 Maccabees 3, 37)
When the first had left the world in this way, they brought the second forward to be tortured. After stripping the skin from his head, hair and all, they asked him, 'Will you eat some pork, before your body is tortured limb by limb?' (2 Maccabees 7, 7)
