Znaleziono 205 Wyniki dla: royal priesthood
"We have detained your brother Jonathan on account of the money that he owed the royal treasury in connection with the offices that he held. (1 Maccabees 13, 15)
Consequently, King Demetrius confirmed him in the high priesthood, (1 Maccabees 14, 38)
he shall be obeyed by all. All contracts made in the country shall be dated by his name. He shall have the right to wear royal purple and gold ornaments. (1 Maccabees 14, 43)
It shall not be lawful for any of the people or priests to nullify any of these decisions, or to contradict the orders given by him, or to convene an assembly in the country without his consent, to be clothed in royal purple or wear an official gold brooch. (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
All debts, present or future, due to the royal treasury shall be canceled for you, now and for all time. (1 Maccabees 15, 8)
Besides these things, it is also told in the records and in Nehemiah's Memoirs how he collected the books about the kings, the writings of the prophets and of David, and the royal letters about sacred offerings. (2 Maccabees 2, 13)
It is God who has saved all his people and has restored to all of them their heritage, the kingdom, the priesthood, and the sacred rites, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)
But because of the orders he had from the king, Heliodorus said that in any case the money must be confiscated for the royal treasury. (2 Maccabees 3, 13)
But Seleucus died, and when Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes succeeded him on the throne, Onias' brother Jason obtained the high priesthood by corrupt means: (2 Maccabees 4, 7)
He set aside the royal concessions granted to the Jews through the mediation of John, father of Eupolemus (that Eupolemus who would later go on an embassy to the Romans to establish a treaty of friendship with them); he abrogated the lawful institutions and introduced customs contrary to the law. (2 Maccabees 4, 11)
When he had been introduced to the king, he flattered him with such an air of authority that he secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)
He returned with the royal commission, but with nothing that made him worthy of the high priesthood; he had the temper of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a wild beast. (2 Maccabees 4, 25)
