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the latter had got wind of it and, sending a single general against them, had fought a campaign in which they inflicted heavy casualties, carried their women and children away into captivity, pillaged their goods, subdued their country, tore down their fortresses and reduced them to a slavery lasting to the present day; (1 Maccabees 8, 10)
In spite of all this, no single one of them had assumed a crown or put on the purple for his own aggrandisement. (1 Maccabees 8, 14)
A terrible oppression began in Israel; there had been nothing like it since the disappearance of prophecy among them. (1 Maccabees 9, 27)
'Since your brother Judas died, there has been no one like him to head the resistance against our enemies, people like Bacchides and others who hate our nation. (1 Maccabees 9, 29)
Demetrius furthermore sent Jonathan a most conciliatory letter, promising to promote him in rank, (1 Maccabees 10, 3)
Only at Beth-Zur were a few left of those who had forsaken the Law and the precepts, since this was their refuge. (1 Maccabees 10, 14)
He therefore wrote him a letter, addressing him in these terms: (1 Maccabees 10, 17)
Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the year 160, on the feast of Shelters; he then set about raising troops and manufacturing arms in quantity. (1 Maccabees 10, 21)
I relinquish control of the Citadel in Jerusalem and make it over to the high priest, so that he may man it with a garrison of his own choosing. (1 Maccabees 10, 32)
They decided in favour of Alexander, since he seemed to offer the better inducements of the two, and they became his constant allies. (1 Maccabees 10, 47)
'Since I have returned to my kingdom, have ascended the throne of my ancestors, have gained control by crushing Demetrius, and so recovered our country- (1 Maccabees 10, 52)
'You are entirely alone in rising against us, and now I find myself ridiculed and reproached on your account. Why do you use your authority to our disadvantage in the mountains? (1 Maccabees 10, 70)
