Znaleziono 237 Wyniki dla: friendship of Jonathan
When Jonathan saw that circumstances were working in his favour, he sent a select mission to Rome to confirm and renew his treaty of friendship with the Romans. (1 Maccabees 12, 1)
The envoys made their way to Rome, entered the Senate and said, 'Jonathan the high priest and the Jewish nation have sent us to renew your treaty of friendship and alliance with them as before.' (1 Maccabees 12, 3)
The following is the copy of the letter Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: (1 Maccabees 12, 5)
'Jonathan the high priest, the senate of the nation, the priests and the rest of the Jewish people to the Spartans their brothers, greetings. (1 Maccabees 12, 6)
Onias received the envoy with honour, and accepted the letter, in which a clear declaration was made of friendship and alliance. (1 Maccabees 12, 8)
we venture to send to renew our fraternal friendship with you, so that we may not become strangers to you, a long time having elapsed since you last wrote to us. (1 Maccabees 12, 10)
We have therefore chosen Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, and sent them to the Romans to renew our former treaty of friendship and alliance, (1 Maccabees 12, 16)
Jonathan learned that Demetrius' generals had returned with a larger army than before to make war on him. (1 Maccabees 12, 24)
At sunset, Jonathan ordered his men to keep watch with their weapons at hand, in readiness to fight at any time during the night, and posted advance guards all round the camp. (1 Maccabees 12, 27)
On learning that Jonathan and his men were ready to fight, the enemy took fright and, with quaking hearts, lit fires in their bivouac and decamped. (1 Maccabees 12, 28)
Jonathan and his men, watching the glow of the fires, were unaware of their withdrawal until morning, (1 Maccabees 12, 29)
and although Jonathan pursued them, he failed to overtake them, for they had already crossed the river Eleutherus. (1 Maccabees 12, 30)
