Fondare 2245 Risultati per: King Rehoboam

• Whatever had to be referred to the king I called to his attention, and the things that were acceptable he has granted. (2 Maccabees 11, 18)

• The king's letter read thus: "King Antiochus sends greetings to his brother Lysias. (2 Maccabees 11, 22)

• The king's letter to the people was as follows: "King Antiochus sends greetings to the Jewish senate and to the rest of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 11, 27)

• Whatever Lysias, kinsman of the king, has granted you, we also approve. (2 Maccabees 11, 35)

• But the matters on which he passed judgment should be submitted to the king. As soon as you have considered them, send someone to us with your decisions so that we may present them to your advantage, for we are on our way to Antioch. (2 Maccabees 11, 36)

• After these agreements were made, Lysias returned to the king, and the Jews went about their farming. (2 Maccabees 12, 1)

• But the King of kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the scoundrel. When the king was shown by Lysias that Menelaus was to blame for all the trouble, he ordered him to be taken to Beroea and executed there in the customary local method. (2 Maccabees 13, 4)

• The king was advancing, his mind full of savage plans for inflicting on the Jews worse things than those they suffered in his father's time. (2 Maccabees 13, 9)

• After a private meeting with the elders, he decided that, before the king's army could invade Judea and take possession of the city, the Jews should march out and settle the matter with God's help. (2 Maccabees 13, 13)

• Giving his men the battle cry "God's Victory," he made a night attack on the king's pavilion with a picked force of the bravest young men and killed about two thousand in the camp. They also slew the lead elephant and its rider. (2 Maccabees 13, 15)

• The king, having had a taste of the Jews' daring, tried to take their positions by a stratagem. (2 Maccabees 13, 18)

• The king made a second attempt by negotiating with the men of Beth-zur. After giving them his pledge and receiving theirs, he withdrew (2 Maccabees 13, 22)