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• here was a temple that would yield a fine spoil, as temples did everywhere; a priesthood, too, that might be put up for sale year after year. (2 Maccabees 11, 3)

• As for Machabaeus, he consented to what Lysias asked, having no thought but for the common good; and the written terms he proposed to Lysias in the Jewish people’s name received the royal assent. (2 Maccabees 11, 15)

• The privileges Lysias has granted you in the name of his royal cousin, we hereby ratify. (2 Maccabees 11, 35)

• Menelaus, too, must be of their company, and ever it was treacherous advice he gave to Antiochus; not that he cared for his country’s safety, but he had designs upon the high priesthood still. (2 Maccabees 13, 3)

• The watchword he gave them was, Victory lies with God; and now, choosing out the best of his fighting men, he made a night attack upon the royal quarters. Four thousand men they slew in the camp, and the greatest of all the elephants, with the crew that rode him, (2 Maccabees 13, 15)

• Thou seest here a man robbed of the high priesthood, his rightful inheritance. And the cause of my coming is, (2 Maccabees 14, 7)

• his smile is life; not more welcome the spring rains, than royal favour. (Proverbs 16, 15)

• Thy head erect as Carmel, bright as royal purple the braided ripples of thy hair. (Song of Solomon 7, 5)

• Do you, then, royal sirs (for my warning touches none so nearly), learn wisdom’s lesson, and save yourselves from ruin. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 10)

• A royal road it is, then, this desire for wisdom, (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 21)

• So, unawares, the world was caught in the ambush; under the stress, now of bereavement, now of royal policy, men imparted to stocks and stones the incommunicable name of God. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)

• Royal folly is a people’s ruin; where prudence reigns, there cities thrive most. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 3)