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And Eleazar, called Avaran, saw that one of the beasts was equipped with royal armor. It was taller than all the others, and he supposed that the king was upon it. (1 Maccabees 6, 43)
And when the Jews saw the royal might and the fierce attack of the forces, they turned away in flight. (1 Maccabees 6, 47)
As he was entering the royal palace of his fathers, the army seized Antiochus and Lysias to bring them to him. (1 Maccabees 7, 2)
Alcimus strove for the high priesthood, (1 Maccabees 7, 21)
He confirmed him in the high priesthood and in as many other honors as he had formerly had, and made him to be regarded as one of his chief friends. (1 Maccabees 11, 27)
We have confirmed as their possession both the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema and Lydda and Rathamin; the latter, with all the region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, we have granted release from the royal taxes which the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees. (1 Maccabees 11, 34)
Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, "I confirm you in the high priesthood and set you over the four districts and make you one of the friends of the king." (1 Maccabees 11, 57)
"It is for the money that Jonathan your brother owed the royal treasury, in connection with the offices he held, that we are detaining him. (1 Maccabees 13, 15)
"In view of these things King Demetrius confirmed him in the high priesthood, (1 Maccabees 14, 38)
Every debt you owe to the royal treasury and any such future debts shall be canceled for you from henceforth and for all time. (1 Maccabees 15, 8)
behold, they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father. (1 Maccabees 16, 24)
It is God who has saved all his people, and has returned the inheritance to all, and the kingship and priesthood and consecration, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)