Znaleziono 978 Wyniki dla: City Of Refuge
The people therefore worked together on building up the city, for part of the east wall above the ravine had collapsed. The quarter called Chaphenatha was also repaired. (1 Maccabees 12, 37)
Then as soon as Jonathan had entered Ptolemais, the men of the city closed the gates and seized him; all who had entered with him, they killed with the sword. (1 Maccabees 12, 48)
Simon sent for the remains of his brother Jonathan, and buried him in Modein, the city of his fathers. (1 Maccabees 13, 25)
In those days Simon besieged Gazara and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege machine, pushed it up against the city, and attacked and captured one of the towers. (1 Maccabees 13, 43)
The men who had been on the siege machine jumped down into the city and caused a great tumult there. (1 Maccabees 13, 44)
The men of the city, joined by their wives and children, went up on the wall, with their garments rent, and cried out in loud voices, begging Simon to grant them peace. (1 Maccabees 13, 45)
So Simon came to terms with them and did not destroy them. He made them leave the city, however, and he purified the houses in which there were idols. Then he entered the city with hymns and songs of praise. (1 Maccabees 13, 47)
He fortified the cities of Judea, especially the frontier city of Beth-zur, where he stationed a garrison of Jewish soldiers, and where previously the enemy's arms had been stored. (1 Maccabees 14, 33)
"'In his time and under his guidance they succeeded in driving the Gentiles out of their country, especially those in the City of David in Jerusalem, who had built for themselves a citadel from which they used to sally forth to defile the environs of the temple and inflict grave injury on its purity. (1 Maccabees 14, 36)
In this citadel he stationed Jewish soldiers, and he strengthened its fortifications for the defense of the land and the city, while he also raised the wall of Jerusalem to a greater height. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
While he invested the city, his ships closed in along the coast, so that he blockaded it by land and sea and let no one go in or out. (1 Maccabees 15, 14)
If, then, any troublemakers from their country take refuge with you, hand them over to Simon the high priest, so that he may punish them according to their law." (1 Maccabees 15, 21)
