41 In the one hundred seventieth year, the yoke of the Gentiles was taken away from Israel. (WEB) 42 The people began to write in their instruments and contracts, “In the first year of Simon, the great high priest and captain and leader of the Jews.” (WEB) 43 In those days Simon encamped against Gazara, and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine, and brought it up to the city, and struck a tower, and captured it. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 13:41–43
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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)
1 Maccabees 11:64–66
64 He went to meet them, but he left Simon his brother in the country. (WEB) 65 Simon encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and hemmed it in. (WEB) 66 They asked him to give them his right hand, and he gave it to them. He removed them from there, took possessi… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 6:51–53
51 He encamped against the sanctuary many days; and set there mounds to shoot from, and engines of war, and machines for throwing fire and stones, and weapons to throw darts, and slings. (WEB) 52 The Jews also made engines of war against their engines, and fought for many… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:40–42
40 for he had heard that the Jews had been called by the Romans friends, allies, and kindred, and that they had met the ambassadors of Simon honorably; (WEB) 41 and that the Jews and the priests were well pleased that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever,… (WEB) 42 … (WEB)
1 Maccabees 5:20–22
20 Then three thousand men were assigned to go into Galilee with Simon, but eight thousand men were assigned to Judas to go into the land of Gilead. (WEB) 21 Simon went into Galilee and fought many battles with the Gentiles, and the Gentiles were defeated before him. (WEB) 22 He pu… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 15:23–25
23 to all the countries, to Sampsames, to the Spartans, to Delos, to Myndos, to Sicyon, to Caria, to Samos, to Pamphylia, to Lycia, to Halicarnassus, to Rhodes, to Phaselis, to Cos, to Side, to Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus, and Cyrene. (WEB) 24 They also wrote this cop… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:46–48
46 All the people consented to ordain for Simon that he should do according to these words. (WEB) 47 So Simon accepted this, and consented to be high priest, and to be captain and governor of the Jews and of the priests, and to be protector of all. (WEB) 48 They commanded to put th… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:2–4
2 They went by the way that leads to Gilgal, and encamped against Mesaloth, which is in Arbela, and took possession of it, and killed many people. (WEB) 3 The first month of the one hundred fifty-second year, they encamped against Jerusalem. (WEB) 4 Then they marched away and we… (WEB)
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