Found 47 Results for: Demetrius

  • In the one hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus set forth from Rome, sailed with a few men to a city by the sea, and there began to reign. (1 Maccabees 7, 1)

  • So the army killed them, and Demetrius took his seat upon the throne of his kingdom. (1 Maccabees 7, 4)

  • "And concerning the wrongs which King Demetrius is doing to them we have written to him as follows, `Why have you made your yoke heavy upon our friends and allies the Jews? (1 Maccabees 8, 31)

  • When Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judah a second time, and with them the right wing of the army. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)

  • When Demetrius the king heard of it, he assembled a very large army and marched out to meet him in battle. (1 Maccabees 10, 2)

  • And Demetrius sent Jonathan a letter in peaceable words to honor him; (1 Maccabees 10, 3)

  • So Demetrius gave him authority to recruit troops, to equip them with arms, and to become his ally; and he commanded that the hostages in the citadel should be released to him. (1 Maccabees 10, 6)

  • Now Alexander the king heard of all the promises which Demetrius had sent to Jonathan, and men told him of the battles that Jonathan and his brothers had fought, of the brave deeds that they had done, and of the troubles that they had endured. (1 Maccabees 10, 15)

  • When Demetrius heard of these things he was grieved and said, (1 Maccabees 10, 22)

  • So he sent a message to them in the following words: "King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 10, 25)

  • When Jonathan and the people heard these words, they did not believe or accept them, because they remembered the great wrongs which Demetrius had done in Israel and how he had greatly oppressed them. (1 Maccabees 10, 46)

  • Now Alexander the king assembled large forces and encamped opposite Demetrius. (1 Maccabees 10, 48)


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