Fondare 114 Risultati per: force

• He then found that the money in his coffers had run short and that the tribute of the province had decreased, as a result of the dissension and disaster brought on the country by his own abrogation of laws that had been in force from antiquity. (1 Maccabees 3, 29)

• against whom he was to send a force, to crush and destroy the power of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem, to wipe out their very memory from the place, (1 Maccabees 3, 35)

• The entire force set out and reached the neighbourhood of Emmaus in the lowlands, where they pitched camp. (1 Maccabees 3, 40)

• Gorgias took with him five thousand foot and a thousand picked cavalry, and the force moved off by night (1 Maccabees 4, 1)

• Remember how our ancestors were delivered at the Red Sea when Pharaoh was pursuing them in force. (1 Maccabees 4, 9)

• Next, he crossed over to the Ammonites where he found a strong fighting force and a numerous people, commanded by Timotheus. (1 Maccabees 5, 6)

• After these events, Timotheus mustered another force and pitched camp opposite Raphon, on the far side of the stream-bed. (1 Maccabees 5, 37)

• They resisted him by force of arms. He was routed, and began retreating, very gloomily, towards Babylon. (1 Maccabees 6, 4)

• He then hurriedly withdrew, making off for Antioch, where he found Philip already master of the city. Antiochus gave battle and captured the city by force of arms. (1 Maccabees 6, 63)

• So they set out with a large force and, on reaching Judaea, sent emissaries to Judas and his brothers with proposals peaceable yet treacherous. (1 Maccabees 7, 10)

• The latter, however, did not put any faith in their words, aware that they had come with a large force. (1 Maccabees 7, 11)

• Reaching Jerusalem with a large force, Nicanor sent a friendly, yet treacherous, message to Judas and his brothers, as follows: (1 Maccabees 7, 27)