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So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to their fellow citizens, (Genesis 34, 20)
All the citizens went to the temple of Baal and destroyed it. They broke the altars and the images into pieces, and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, before his altar. Then Jehoiada, the priest, posted guards over the House of Yahweh. (2 Kings 11, 18)
He led the officers, the guards of the king, the Carites guards and the citizens, and they accompanied the king to the palace, passing through the Gate of the Guards. King Joash sat on the royal throne. (2 Kings 11, 19)
All the citizens were happy and the city was at peace. Now regarding Athaliah, she had died by the sword in the king's palace. (2 Kings 11, 20)
But the citizens killed all who had plotted against the king, and they proclaimed his son Josiah king in his place. (2 Kings 21, 24)
So Onias went to the king, not to accuse his fellow citizens, but for the good of the whole nation. (2 Maccabees 4, 5)
With the consent of the king and using the power at his disposal, he at once set about encouraging his fellow citizens to adopt the customs of the Greeks. (2 Maccabees 4, 10)
the wicked Jason sent as envoys some "citizens of Antioch" from the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he entrusted to them three hundred drachmas of silver allotted for the sacrifice to Hercules. When these envoys came, they decided that it was not fitting to spend the money on the sacrifice, but preferred to spend it on other things. (2 Maccabees 4, 19)
Jason cruelly massacred his fellow citizens, without realizing that his victory against his own nation was the greatest defeat. He seemed to believe that he was winning over enemies when, in reality, these were his own people. (2 Maccabees 5, 6)
Finally, he had a very unfortunate end. Accused before Aretas, the king of the Arabs, fleeing from city to city, pursued by all, scorned as a renegade from the law and hated as the executioner of his country and fellow citizens, he was banished to Egypt. (2 Maccabees 5, 8)
and he left Andronicus in Gerizim. Besides there was Menelaus, who surpassed them in his hatred for his fellow citizens. This man had indeed a deep hatred for his Jewish brothers. (2 Maccabees 5, 23)
"To the honorable Jews, our citizens, good health, prosperity and all good things from the king and general, Antiochus. (2 Maccabees 9, 19)