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The whole nation was in deep mourning, assuming that Jonathan and all his men had been killed. And he ordained that they should keep that day every year with gladness.
Simon heard that Trypho had assembled a large army to invade the land of Judah and destroy it, and he saw that the people were trembling with fear. To Simon, the high priest and advisor of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews. Letter of Antiochus VII. Choose a few men to stay with you, and then accompany me to Ptolemais.
OUTLINE MEMORIZE. 38Then the king appointed Cendebeus commander-in-chief of the seacoast, and gave him infantry and cavalry forces. "The coins bear his head as Antiochus and Trypho.
2 He also sent letters with a similar message to Sparta and other places. In 138 B.C. This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it is there to this day. And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great army, to Joppa: and he cast out those who were therein, and abode there in it. He drove out its occupants and remained there.
41 But Jonathan also came to Beth Shan with 40,000 well-trained soldiers. He sent Jonathan, Absalom's son, to Joppa with a sufficient army.
1 Maccabees 12. VERSE 39.
VERSE 9. He also erected seven pyramids, opposite one another, for his father and mother and four brothers. VERSE 41.
* [15:10] The one hundred and seventy-fourth year: 138 B.C. 16 So we have chosen Numenius son of Antiochus together with Antipater son of Jason and sent them as ambassadors to Rome to renew our ties of friendship and alliance with the Romans. 12 When Jonathan saw that things were working out to his advantage, he chose ambassadors and sent them to Rome to confirm and renew friendship with the Romans. In those days Simon encamped against Gazara and surrounded it with troops. 50 The Jewish troops thought that Jonathan had been captured and killed, along with all those who had accompanied him, so they encouraged one another and marched out in battle formation. And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickednesses, but according to your mercy. The successes of the Jewish leaders awakened the jealousy and suspicion of Tryphon, who determined to thwart the further plans of Jonathan and to remove him as an obstacle in the way of his securing the crown for himself. * Simon knew that they were speaking deceitfully to him, but he sent to get the money and the sons, so that he would not arouse great hostility among the people, who might say, "It was because Simon did not send him the money and the sons, that Jonathan perished.".
And the people began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon, the great high priest and captain and leader of the Jews. I have recruited a large number of mercenary troops and equipped warships. 32 Then he broke camp and went to Damascus, inspecting the entire area along the way. So they were very hungry, and many perished from famine. 16“Lucius,* Consul of the Romans, sends greetings to King Ptolemy. All Israel mourned Jonathan with great expressions of grief for many days. 19 The following is a copy of the earlier letter: 20 King Arius of Sparta to Onias the High Priest, greetings.
He brought great disaster on the land.
... accession of Herod an Idumean. 27 At sunset Jonathan ordered all his soldiers to be on the alert and to have their weapons ready for a surprise attack any time during the night.
The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose in the city. 1 Antiochus, * son of King Demetrius, sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to all the nation, 2 which read as follows: “King Antiochus sends greetings to Simon, the high priest and ethnarch, and to the Jewish nation.
13Antiochus encamped before Dor with a hundred and twenty thousand infantry and eight thousand cavalry.
Here, on the one hand, Simon knew the enemy was deceiving him and that he should not cede to their demand.
Fight you our battles, and all that you shall say to us, that will we do.
And he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about. VERSE 19. All the exemptions that we have made to you remain valid. 32So Athenobius, the king’s Friend, came to Jerusalem and on seeing the splendor of Simon’s court, the gold and silver plate on the sideboard, and his rich display, he was amazed. VERSE 6. He strengthened the defenses of the temple hill alongside the elevated fortress, and he and his soldiers lived there.
When he told him of Simon’s words, of his splendor, and of all he had seen, the king fell into a violent rage.
In those days, Simon camped against Gazara and surrounded it with troops. 13 But we have had one series of troubles after another and have had to fight many wars, because we have been under constant attack by surrounding nations. Marcus [407] , Deacon.
was the yoke of the heathen taken away from Israel" (1 Maccabees 13:41). 8All debts, present or future, due to the royal treasury shall be canceled for you, now and for all time. Victory over Cendebeus. VERSE 24. Then Trypho turned and went back to his own land. And Tryphon returned, and went away into his own land.
27But he refused to accept the aid; in fact, he broke all the agreements he had previously made with Simon and became hostile toward him.c, 28He sent Athenobius, one of his Friends, to confer with Simon and say: “You are occupying Joppa and Gazara and the citadel of Jerusalem; these are cities of my kingdom. After this Trypho came to invade the country and destroy it, and he circled around by the way to Adora. And now, far be it from me to spare my life in any time of distress, for I am not better than my brothers. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools.
So they were very hungry, and many of them perished from famine. In the one hundred seventieth year the yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel, and the people began to write in their documents and contracts, "In the first year of Simon the great high priest and commander and leader of the Jews.". Simon Leads the Jews Simon learnt that Trypho had assembled a large army and that he had plans to invade Judea and devastate it. This document pertains to Simon’s first years as leader. 18and they brought with them a gold shield of a thousand minas.b He took the royal name Tryphon Autocrator (Greek: Τρύφων Αὐτοκράτωρ) and distanced himself f… Now they of the citadel sent to Tryphon ambassadors, hastening him to come to them through the wilderness, and to send them food. 30 Jonathan then set out after them, but he could not overtake them because they had already crossed the Eleutherus River. Letter of Antiochus VII. King Demetrius sent him a favorable reply to this request, and wrote him a letter as follows. )See ANTIOCHUS; DEMETRIUS.S. In similiar ... //christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the book of enoch.htm, On the Words Incarnate, and Made Man.
VERSE 32. and reigned in his stead, and put on himself the diadem of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land. as soon as they heard these words.
Simon sent and took the bones of his brother Jonathan, and buried him in Modein, the city of his ancestors. * [15:1] Antiochus: Antiochus VII Sidetes, son of Demetrius I, and younger brother of Demetrius II (now a prisoner of the Parthians). 42 When Trypho saw how large an army Jonathan had brought with him, he was afraid to take action. But he expelled them from the city and cleansed the houses in which the idols were located. SIMON MACCABEES BECOMES THE LEADER . Help me reach the world for the Lord Jesus Christ. 6; Dialogue with Tryphon, 61. When he approached Baskama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.
And Simon built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his kindred, and raised it aloft to the sight, with polished stone behind and before. VERSE 35. Instead, he marched into the land of Gilead. (. I Maccabees presents a historical account of political, military, and diplomatic events from the time of Judaea ’s relationship with Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Syria (reigned 175–164/163 bce) to the death (135/134 bce) of Simon Maccabeus, high priest in Jerusalem.
37 The people worked together to strengthen the city's defenses because a part of the east wall along the Kidron Valley had collapsed and the Chaphenatha section was in need of repair. 5 Here is a copy of the letter Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: 6 Jonathan the High Priest, the national council of leaders, the priests, and the rest of the people of Judea, to our brothers in Sparta, greetings. 20We have also decided to accept the shield from them. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. tri'-fon (Truphon): The surname of Diodotus, a usurper of the Syrian throne. VERSE 5. 1). VERSE 12. 10In the one hundred and seventy-fourth year* Antiochus invaded the land of his ancestors, and all the troops rallied to him, so that few were left with Trypho. But Simon built up the fortresses of Judea and put protection all around them with high towers, great walls, gates, and bolts. Those who were in the elevated fortress at Jerusalem were prevented from moving around to buy and sell in the country.
But he expelled them from the city and cleansed the houses in which the idols were located, and then entered it with hymns and praise.
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