Znaleziono 105 Wyniki dla: royal priesthood
When Seleucus died and Antiochus who was called Epiphanes succeeded to the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias obtained the high priesthood by corruption, (2 Maccabees 4, 7)
He set aside the existing royal concessions to the Jews, secured through John the father of Eupolemus, who went on the mission to establish friendship and alliance with the Romans; and he destroyed the lawful ways of living and introduced new customs contrary to the law. (2 Maccabees 4, 11)
But he, when presented to the king, extolled him with an air of authority, and secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)
After receiving the king's orders he returned, possessing no qualification for the high priesthood, but having the hot temper of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage wild beast. (2 Maccabees 4, 25)
Menelaus left his own brother Lysimachus as deputy in the high priesthood, while Sostratus left Crates, the commander of the Cyprian troops. (2 Maccabees 4, 29)
and to levy tribute on the temple as he did on the sacred places of the other nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year. (2 Maccabees 11, 3)
Therefore I have laid aside my ancestral glory -- I mean the high priesthood -- and have now come here, (2 Maccabees 14, 7)
And this became a hidden trap for mankind, because men, in bondage to misfortune or to royal authority, bestowed on objects of stone or wood the name that ought not to be shared. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)
thy all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne, into the midst of the land that was doomed, a stern warrior (Wisdom of Solomon 18, 15)
He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the people. He blessed him with splendid vestments, and put a glorious robe upon him. (Ecclesiasticus 46, 7)
Therefore a covenant of peace was established with him, that he should be leader of the sanctuary and of his people, that he and his descendants should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever. (Ecclesiasticus 46, 24)
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. (Isaiah 62, 3)