Fondare 157 Risultati per: Enemy
He also fortified Joppa, which is by the sea, and Gazara, which is on the borders of Azotus, where the enemy formerly dwelt. He settled Jews there, and provided in those cities whatever was necessary for their restoration. (1 Maccabees 14, 34)
Then he divided the army and placed the horsemen in the midst of the infantry, for the cavalry of the enemy were very numerous. (1 Maccabees 16, 7)
"If you have any enemy or plotter against your government, send him there, for you will get him back thoroughly scourged, if he escapes at all, for there certainly is about the place some power of God. (2 Maccabees 3, 38)
Coming without warning, he would set fire to towns and villages. He captured strategic positions and put to flight not a few of the enemy. (2 Maccabees 8, 6)
But Maccabeus gathered his men together, to the number six thousand, and exhorted them not to be frightened by the enemy and not to fear the great multitude of Gentiles who were wickedly coming against them, but to fight nobly, (2 Maccabees 8, 16)
With the Almighty as their ally, they slew more than nine thousand of the enemy, and wounded and disabled most of Nicanor's army, and forced them all to flee. (2 Maccabees 8, 24)
And when they had collected the arms of the enemy and stripped them of their spoils, they kept the sabbath, giving great praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them for that day and allotted it to them as the beginning of mercy. (2 Maccabees 8, 27)
Collecting the arms of the enemy, they stored them all carefully in strategic places, and carried the rest of the spoils to Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 8, 31)
Falling upon the steps before the altar, they besought him to be gracious to them and to be an enemy to their enemies and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declares. (2 Maccabees 10, 26)
And rising from their prayer they took up their arms and advanced a considerable distance from the city; and when they came near to the enemy they halted. (2 Maccabees 10, 27)
When the battle became fierce, there appeared to the enemy from heaven five resplendent men on horses with golden bridles, and they were leading the Jews. (2 Maccabees 10, 29)
Surrounding Maccabeus and protecting him with their own armor and weapons, they kept him from being wounded. And they showered arrows and thunderbolts upon the enemy, so that, confused and blinded, they were thrown into disorder and cut to pieces. (2 Maccabees 10, 30)