Fondare 392 Risultati per: Enemies
Since thy brother’s death, they told him, none is left to take the field against our enemies as he did, this Bacchides and all else that bear a grudge against our race.✻ (1 Maccabees 9, 29)
Here is welcome news we have of you; right well you have kept troth with us, honouring the treaty when you might have taken part with our enemies. (1 Maccabees 10, 26)
Afterwards, he offered battle afresh, and routed his enemies; as the fight went on, (1 Maccabees 11, 72)
In wars and calamities much involved of late, powerful kings for our neighbours and our enemies, (1 Maccabees 12, 13)
Now, by the grace of heaven, we are delivered; our enemies lie crushed; (1 Maccabees 12, 15)
enemies thought to invade the country and crush the power of it, violate its holy places; (1 Maccabees 14, 31)
Agreed we then to warn kings and nations everywhere, they should not hurt or assault the Jewish people, its cities and country-side, nor comfort its enemies; (1 Maccabees 15, 19)
to which Simon made this answer: Other men’s fief seized we never, nor other men’s rights detain; here be lands that were our fathers’ once, by enemies of ours for some while wrongfully held; (1 Maccabees 15, 33)
And at that, Simon must have his two elder sons present, Judas and John both, and made the command over to them. Still young we were, he said, I and my brothers and my father’s kin, when we began that war on Israel’s enemies which is being fought yet; under our banners once and again came victory, and the day was saved for Israel. (1 Maccabees 16, 2)
Alas, here was a perilous contest awaiting them; Greek fashions they would follow, and Greeks would be, that ere long should have Greeks for their enemies, ay, and conquerors. (2 Maccabees 4, 16)
Then, bowing down to earth, they made petition to the Lord, never again such calamity might overtake them; sin if they did, himself in his great mercy should chastise them, not hand them over into the cruel power of blasphemous enemies. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
Machabaeus no sooner heard of it, than he summoned the leaders of the people, and arraigned the guilty men in their presence; what, would they sell their brethren’s lives, by letting the enemies of their race go free? (2 Maccabees 10, 21)
