Fondare 1095 Risultati per: Sanctuary City
Simon and his brethren, sons of Mattathias, of Jarib’s clan, put their lives in peril, and fought for law and sanctuary against the common enemy, much glory winning for their own nation. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
a Jewish garrison he set there, to guard both city and country-side, and built Jerusalem walls yet higher. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
and have charge of the sanctuary besides. Him all must obey, in his name deeds be drawn up, all the country through; of purple and gold should be his vesture. (1 Maccabees 14, 43)
and, when the kingdom is ours, such honours we will bestow as shall make thee, and thy race, and its sanctuary, renowned all the world over. (1 Maccabees 15, 9)
as could bring in hordes of men from Persia, both us and our holy city to subdue.✻ (2 Maccabees 1, 12)
and to thy own sanctuary, as Moses foretold, thy own people restore! (2 Maccabees 1, 29)
What meant they else, those great perils overcome, that sanctuary purified at last?… (2 Maccabees 2, 19)
Speak we of that temple, the most famous in all the world, by their means recovered, of a city set free, of forgotten laws re-established, and how the Lord, in his great complaisance, shewed them mercy. (2 Maccabees 2, 23)
Time was, the holy city was a home of content; ever the laws of it were well kept; such a high priest they had, Onias, a devout man, and one that hated evil. (2 Maccabees 3, 1)
Men had reposed their confidence in a city and a temple renowned throughout the world, for the high opinion they had of its sanctity; and should he play them false? It was not to be thought of. (2 Maccabees 3, 12)
So the appointed day came, when he would visit the temple and take order in the matter; what a stir there was then in the city! (2 Maccabees 3, 14)
Here, then, was a whole city praying Almighty God, no loss might befall the men who had trusted them; (2 Maccabees 3, 22)
