Znaleziono 1253 Wyniki dla: Temple Of Jerusalem
Lysimachus committed much sacrilegious plunder in Jerusalem with the connivance of Menelaus. When this became known, the populace rebelled against Lysimachus, who had already taken many golden vessels from the city. (2 Maccabees 4, 39)
when the king arrived at Tyre, three men sent by the council of the elders of Jerusalem told him of Menelaus' cruelty. (2 Maccabees 4, 44)
When news of these events reached the king, he thought that the whole of Judea had risen in rebellion. He became furious and, leaving Egypt, went to take Jerusalem by force. (2 Maccabees 5, 11)
Not content with this, Antiochus boldly entered the holiest Temple in the entire world, guided by Menelaus, the traitor to the law and country. (2 Maccabees 5, 15)
With his unclean hands, Antiochus seized the sacred vessels, and with impious hands took away what other kings had given as gifts for the glory and honor of the Temple. (2 Maccabees 5, 16)
But in acting in such an insolent manner, Antiochus did not realize that the Lord had let him profane the Temple in order to punish the inhabitants of the city, because their sins had offended him. (2 Maccabees 5, 17)
But God had not chosen the people for the Temple, but the Temple for the sake of the nation. (2 Maccabees 5, 19)
Therefore, the Temple also shared in the nation's misfortune, as it also shared afterward in its restoration. As it had been abandoned in the time of the wrath of God, it was again restored to its glory when the Most High Lord was appeased. (2 Maccabees 5, 20)
Antiochus took with him eighteen hundred talents which he had stolen from the Temple, and hurriedly went back to Antioch, so proud that he thought himself capable of sailing by land and walking on the sea. (2 Maccabees 5, 21)
At his departure, he left ministers to oppress our race. In Jerusalem, he appointed Philip, of Phrygian ancestry and of more barbarous character than he who had appointed him; (2 Maccabees 5, 22)
Arriving in Jerusalem, under the pretext of peace, he waited until the holy day of the sabbath. Then he took the Jews by surprise as they rested. He ordered his men to conduct a military parade, (2 Maccabees 5, 25)
And to have them also profane the temple in Jerusalem and dedicate it to the Olympian god. In the same way, he wanted them to dedicate the temple in Mount Gerizim to the hospitable god, according to the wishes of the inhabitants of the place. (2 Maccabees 6, 2)
