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they wrote to him on tablets made of bronze, to renew the treaty of friendship they had with his brethren, Judas and Jonathan, before him;✻ (1 Maccabees 14, 18)
And their errand stands recorded in our public annals; how Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason came on the Jews’ part to renew our old treaty of friendship with you; (1 Maccabees 14, 22)
bestowing on him the title of king’s friend, and loading him with honours. What could he do else? (1 Maccabees 14, 39)
Here was Rome itself greeting the Jewish folk as allies, good friends, and kinsmen, welcoming the envoys of Simon with civic state. (1 Maccabees 14, 40)
Here is the kingdom of my fathers overrun by ill folk; I mean to challenge them, and bring back the old ways. To this end, I have made a great levy of mercenaries, and built ships of war; (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
Envoys we have but now received in audience from a friendly country, to wit, Judaea; the people of the Jews, with their high priest Simon, had sent to renew their old treaty of alliance with us, (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
Athenobius it was, one of the king’s friends, that came to treat with him, and this was the message he bore: Cities of mine you hold, Joppe, and Gazara, and Jerusalem citadel; (1 Maccabees 15, 28)
So came Athenobius, the king’s friend, to Jerusalem, where he saw what state Simon kept, much display of gold and silver, and a great throng of attendants, till he was dazzled at the sight. Yet delivered he his errand; (1 Maccabees 15, 32)
He must needs leave the sea-coast in charge of Cendebaeus, with a strong command both of horse and foot, (1 Maccabees 15, 38)
while himself gave Tryphon chase. This Cendebaeus had orders to advance and threaten Judaea; Gedor✻ he should fortify, and there make himself fast, the better to levy war on Juda. (1 Maccabees 15, 39)
It was not long before John came up from Gazara, to tell his father Simon how ill Cendebaeus was using their fellow-countrymen. (1 Maccabees 16, 1)
Twenty thousand warriors John✻ chose out from the rest, and cavalry to support them, and away they went to fight Cendebaeus. That night they spent at Modin, (1 Maccabees 16, 4)
