Talált 33 Eredmények: Persia
For we are slaves; but God has not forgotten us in our slavery; he has extended his faithful love to us even under the kings of Persia and revived us to rebuild the Temple of our God, restore its ruins and provide us with a refuge in Judah and in Jerusalem. (Ezra 9, 9)
Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent a message to all the inhabitants of Persia, to all the inhabitants of the western countries, Cilicia, Damascus, Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, to all those along the coast, (Judith 1, 7)
All his feats of power and valour, and the account of the high honour to which he raised Mordecai: all this is recorded in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Media and Persia. (Esther 10, 2)
In this grave quandary he resolved to invade Persia, there to levy tribute on the provinces and so accumulate substantial funds. (1 Maccabees 3, 31)
King Antiochus, meanwhile, was making his way through the Upper Provinces; he had heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, renowned for its riches, its silver and gold, (1 Maccabees 6, 1)
But, while he was still in Persia, news reached him that the armies which had invaded Judaea had been routed, (1 Maccabees 6, 5)
had returned from Persia and Media with the forces that had accompanied the king, and was planning to seize control of affairs. (1 Maccabees 6, 56)
When Arsaces king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius had entered his territory, he sent one of his generals to capture him alive. (1 Maccabees 14, 2)
For when their leader reached Persia with his seemingly irresistible army, he was cut to pieces in the temple of Nanaea, as the result of a ruse employed by the priests who served that goddess. (2 Maccabees 1, 13)
For when our ancestors were being deported to Persia, the devout priests of the time took some of the fire from the altar and hid it secretly in a hole like a dry well, where they concealed it in such a way that the place was unknown to anyone. (2 Maccabees 1, 19)
When some years had elapsed, in God's good time, Nehemiah, commissioned by the king of Persia, sent the descendants of the priests who had hidden the fire to look for it. When they reported that in fact they had found not fire but a thick liquid, Nehemiah ordered them to draw some out and bring it back. (2 Maccabees 1, 20)
At about the same time, Antiochus was beating a disorderly retreat from Persia. (2 Maccabees 9, 1)