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The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me in defiance of your law. (Psalms 119, 85)
O Lord, answer me quickly: my spirit is faint with yearning. Do not hide your face from me; save me from going down to the pit. (Psalms 143, 7)
But in spite of all this, many Israelites still remained firm and determined not to eat unclean food. (1 Maccabees 1, 62)
The king took with him the remaining half of the army and set out from Antioch, the capital of the kingdom, in the year one hundred and forty-seven. He crossed the river Euphrates and went through the upper provinces. (1 Maccabees 3, 37)
When Judas reached the banks of the stream, he assigned the officials of his men along the stream and ordered them: "Do not let anyone pitch his tent; all are to fight." (1 Maccabees 5, 42)
Bacchides left Jerusalem and encamped at Beth-zur. From there, he ordered the arrest of many prominent men who had deserted to him as well as some of the people. And he had them thrown into a deep pit. (1 Maccabees 7, 19)
and how they had conquered that land by dint of intelligence and perseverance, despite its great distance from their own land. He also learned how they had defeated the kings who came from the ends of the earth to attack them, how they managed to conquer and crush them. There were others who paid them an annual tax. (1 Maccabees 8, 4)
But in spite of all this, not one of them had himself crowned or dressed as a king in order to be exalted. (1 Maccabees 8, 14)
Yet in spite of being dismayed, he did his best to encourage those who remained with him: "Let us fight our enemies. We may yet be able to defeat them." (1 Maccabees 9, 8)
So the troops who had abandoned him came back to his side, and together they pursued the enemies as far as Kadesh where the enemy camp was, and there they, too, pitched camp. (1 Maccabees 11, 73)
On his arrival in Jerusalem, he was hospitably received by the city and the High Priest to whom he related the report that had been made. He revealed the reason for his coming and asked the High Priest if the report was really true. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
For this reason, Menelaus met Andronicus in private and urged him to kill Onias. Andronicus went to Onias and deceitfully gained his confidence, offering Onias his right hand in oath. He was able to persuade Onias, in spite of the latter's suspicion, to come out of his place of refuge. Then Andronicus killed him at once without any regard for justice. (2 Maccabees 4, 34)