Fondare 295 Risultati per: Battle

• fiercely the battle raged till sun-down, and before the day was over, Demetrius fell. (1 Maccabees 10, 50)

• overthrow him I did, on field of battle, with all his army, and here I sit in his place. (1 Maccabees 10, 53)

• To Azotus he marched, as if he meant to pass them by, but all the while he was luring them on into the plain;✻ in horse lay his strength and his confidence. To Azotus Jonathan followed him, and battle was joined. (1 Maccabees 10, 78)

• When he reached Azotus, here was Dagon’s temple burnt, here was the town itself and all its neighbourhood in ruins; the dead lay unburied, where they fell in battle, or in heaps by the road-side. All this they shewed him, (1 Maccabees 11, 4)

• he came out to do battle when the news reached him; but Ptolemy brought up his army, met him with a superior force, and routed him. (1 Maccabees 11, 15)

• Afterwards, he offered battle afresh, and routed his enemies; as the fight went on, (1 Maccabees 11, 72)

• so, when the sun was down, Jonathan would have his men keep watch, ready armed all night for battle, and posted sentries round his lines. (1 Maccabees 12, 27)

• but these, hearing that Jonathan and his men had been caught and murdered, resolved to put a bold front on it, and marched in battle array. (1 Maccabees 12, 50)

• here was Jonathan’s brother Simon taking his place, and offering battle. Envoys were sent out to make his excuses: (1 Maccabees 13, 14)

• John went in pursuit, for all his brother Judas had been wounded in the battle, and chased them as far as the walls of Cedron … which he had fortified.✻ (1 Maccabees 16, 9)

• And all about the city of Jerusalem, by the space of forty days together, there were strange sights appearing. High up in air, horsemen were seen riding this way and that, in vesture of gold, and spears they carried as if they went to battle; (2 Maccabees 5, 2)

• Then they armed for battle, Machabaeus himself the first of all, as he summoned the rest to share with him the hour of danger, for the relief of their brethren. (2 Maccabees 11, 7)