1 Now when Yahonathan saw that time served him, he chose some men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm and renew the alliance that they had with them. 2 He also sent letters to the Lakedaemonians, and to other places, for the same purpose. 3 So they went to Read more
1 Now when Shim’on heard that Truphon had gathered together a great army to invade the land of Yahuḏah, and destroy it, 2 and seeing that the people were in great trembling and fear, went up to Yerushalayim, and gathered the people together, 3 and gave them encouragement, saying, “You Read more
1 Now in the hundred and seventy-second year Sovereign Dĕmĕtrios gathered his forces together, and went into Maḏai to gain help to fight against Truphon. 2 But when Arsakĕs, the sovereign of Paras and Maḏai, heard that Dĕmĕtrios had entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to Read more
1 Now Antioḵos son of Dĕmĕtrios the sovereign sent letters from the islands of the sea to Shim’on the kohĕn and prince of the Yahuḏim, and to all the people; 2 the contents of which were these: “Sovereign Antioḵos to Shim’on the kohĕn ha’gadol and leader of his nation, and Read more
1 Then Yoḥanan came up from Gezer, and told Shim’on his father what Kendĕbeus had done. 2 Therefore Shim’on called his two eldest sons Yahuḏah and Yoḥanan and said to them, “My brothers and I and my father’s house have from my youth to this day always fought against the Read more
1 The brothers, the Yahuḏim that are at Yerushalayim and in the land of Yahuḏah desire health and peace to the brothers, the Yahuḏim that are throughout Mitsrayim. 2 Elohim show favor to you, and remember His Covenant that He made with Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Ya’aqoḇ His trustworthy servants; 3 Read more
1 It is also found in the records that Yirmeyahu the naḇi commanded those that were carried away to take from the fire, as it has been declared, 2 and how the naḇi, having given them the Law, charged them not to forget the Commands of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and that they Read more
1 Now when the qodesh city was inhabited with all peace and the Laws were guarded very well, because of the righteousness of Onyah the kohĕn ha’gadol and his hatred of wickedness, 2 it came to be that even the sovereigns themselves honored the place and extolled the Hĕyḵal with Read more
1 This Shim’on now, of whom we spoke before, having been a betrayer of the silver and of his country, slandered Onyah as if he had terrified Heliodorus and been the worker of these evils. 2 Thus he was bold to call him a traitor, that had deserved good from Read more
1 About the same time Antioḵos prepared his second voyage to Mitsrayim. 2 And then it came to be, that through all the city for almost forty days, there was seen horsemen running in the air in golden garments, and armed with lances like a band of soldiers, 3 and Read more