10 Jonathan lived in Jerusalem and began to build and renew the city. (WEB) 11 He commanded those who did the work to build the walls and encircle Mount Zion with square stones for defense; and they did so. (WEB) 12 The foreigners who were in the strongholds which Bacchides had built fled away. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:10–12
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1 Maccabees 14:36–38
36 In his days, things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were taken away out of their country, and they also who were in the city of David, those who were in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a citadel, out of which they used to go, and polluted ever… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 13:9–11
9 Fight our battles, and we will do all that you tell us to do.” (WEB) 10 He gathered together all the men of war, and hurried to finish the walls of Jerusalem. He fortified it all around. (WEB) 11 He sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great army, to Joppa. He threw… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:51–53
51 He set garrisons in them to harass Israel. (WEB) 52 He fortified the city Bethsura, Gazara, and the citadel, and put troops and stores of food in them. (WEB) 53 He took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:32–34
32 They led captive the women and the children, and seized the livestock. (WEB) 33 Then they fortified the city of David with a large, strong wall and with strong towers, and it became their citadel. (WEB) 34 They put a sinful nation, transgressors of the law, there, and they stren… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 12:34–36
34 for he had heard that they were planning to hand over the stronghold to Demetrius’ men. He set a garrison there to guard it. (WEB) 35 Then Jonathan returned and called the elders of the people together. He planned with them to build strongholds in Judea, (WEB) 36 and to make the… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:61–63
61 Jonathan’s men seized about fifty of the men of the country who were authors of the wickedness, and he killed them. (WEB) 62 Jonathan, Simon, and those who were with him, went away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and he built up that which had been pulled down… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 4:59–61
59 Judas and his kindred and the whole congregation of Israel ordained that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their seasons from year to year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev, with gladness and joy. (WEB) 60 At that ti… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:32–34
32 Then Simon rose up and fought for his nation. He spent much of his own money to arm the valiant men of his nation and give them wages. (WEB) 33 He fortified the cities of Judea and Bethsura that lies on the borders of Judea, where the weapons of the enemies had been st… (WEB)
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