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But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon had succeeded him as high priest and was master of the country and the cities in it, (1 Maccabees 14, 17)
Ptolemy wrote a report of the affair and sent it to the king, in the expectation of being sent reinforcements and of having the cities and the province made over to him. (1 Maccabees 16, 18)
Thinking he had found a favourable opportunity, Menelaus abstracted a number of golden vessels from the Temple and presented them to Andronicus, and managed to sell others to Tyre and the surrounding cities. (2 Maccabees 4, 32)
A decree was issued at the instance of the people of Ptolemais for the neighbouring Greek cities, enforcing the same conduct on the Jews there, obliging them to share in the sacrificial meals, (2 Maccabees 6, 8)
Invading Judaea, he approached Beth-Zur, a fortified position about twenty miles from Jerusalem, and began to subject it to strong pressure. (2 Maccabees 11, 5)
Judas also attacked a certain fortified town, closed by ramparts and inhabited by a medley of races; its name was Caspin. (2 Maccabees 12, 13)
Having defeated and destroyed them, he led his army against Ephron, a fortified town, where Lysanias was living. Stalwart young men drawn up outside the walls offered vigorous resistance, while inside there were quantities of war-engines and missiles in reserve. (2 Maccabees 12, 27)
A brother offended is worse than a fortified city, and quarrels are like the locks of a keep. (Proverbs 18, 19)
Again, when, concurring in wickedness, the nations had been thrown into confusion, she singled out the upright man, preserved him blameless before God and fortified him against pity for his child. (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 5)
She it was who, while the godless perished, saved the upright man as he fled from the fire raining down on the Five Cities, (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 6)
That third tongue has shattered the peace of many and driven them from nation to nation; it has pulled down fortified cities, and overthrown the houses of the great. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 14)
How splendid he was when, arms uplifted, he brandished his sword against cities! (Ecclesiasticus 46, 2)