1 In the one hundred fifty first year, Demetrius the son of Seleucus came out of Rome, and went up with a few men to a city by the sea, and reigned there. (WEB) 2 It came to pass, when he would go into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army laid hands on Antiochus and Lysias, to bring them to him. (WEB) 3 The thing became known to him, and he said, “Don’t show me their faces!” (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:1–3
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4 Maccabees 5:4–6
4 When many had been seized, a foremost man of the assembly, a Hebrew, by name Eleazar, a priest by family, by profession a lawyer, and advanced in years, and for this reason known to many of the king’s followers, was brought near to him. (WEB) 5 Antiochus, seeing him,… (WEB) 6 … (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:16–18
16 It was heard at Rome that Jonathan was dead, and even in Sparta, and they were exceedingly grieved. (WEB) 17 But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his place, and ruled the country and the cities in it, (WEB) 18 they wrote to him on brass tablet… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 9:1–2
1 Now about that time, Antiochus retreated in disorder from the region of Persia. (WEB) 2 For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and he attempted to rob a temple and to control the city. Therefore the multitudes rushed in and the people of the country turne… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:66–68
66 Then Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness. (WEB) 67 In the one hundred sixty-fifth year, Demetrius, son of Demetrius, came out of Crete into the land of his ancestors. (WEB) 68 When King Alexander heard of it, he grieved exceedingly and returned to Antioch. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 14:1–3
1 Three years later, news was brought to Judas and his company that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a mighty army and a fleet, (WEB) 2 had taken possession of the country, having made away with Antiochus and his guardian Lys… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:31–33
31 So Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the place of his brother Judas. (WEB) 32 When Bacchides found out, he tried to kill him. (WEB) 33 Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all who were with him, knew it; and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoa… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 1:14–16
14 For Antiochus, on the pretense that he would marry her, came into the place, he and his friends who were with him, that they might take a large part of the treasures as a dowry. (WEB) 15 And when the priests of Nanaea’s temple had set the treasures out, and he had come… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:5–7
5 Eleazar, who was called Avaran; and Jonathan, who was called Apphus. (WEB) 6 He saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and in Jerusalem, (WEB) 7 and he said, “Woe is me! Why was I born to see the destruction of my people and the destruction of the holy city, and to d… (WEB)
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