 | Bible - 1832 - 512 pages
...who 14 sought peace of them. For said they, One who * Josephus styles him " Governor of Mesopotamia." is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army, and he will do us no wrong. So he spake 15 unto them peaceably, and sware unto them, saying, We will procure the harm neither of... | |
 | David Davidson - 1857 - 804 pages
...captain and high-priest, they deserted the faithful Maccabees, and placed themselves under him: "For/5 said they, "one that is a priest of the seed of Aaron...slew sixty of them in one day. They were evidently a simple, disinterested, and holy race. They derived their name from the Hebrew term, chasdim, which... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1864 - 684 pages
...46-48. xvi. 11-16. In the same simplicity, the Asidtrans trusted Alcimus and Bacchides, because " lie, a priest of the seed of Aaron, is come with this army and he will do us no wrong," (vii. 14.) and those in Jerusalem admitted Lysias and Eupator into mount '/.inn. whereon they destroyed... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - Bible - 1864 - 678 pages
...46-48. xvi. 11-16. In the same simplicity, the Asidwans trusted Alcimus and Bacchides, because " lie, a priest of the seed of Aaron, is come with this army and he will do us no wrong," (vii. 14.) and those in Jerusalem admitted hysias and Eupator into mount Zion, whereon they destroyed... | |
 | David Davidson (LL.D.) - History - 1868 - 580 pages
...Alcimua assamed the offices of chief captain and high-priest, they deserted the faithful Maccahees, and placed themselves under him : " For," said they,...dissolved ; for he knew that they were not proper instroments to perform unholT deeds. Hence, though he pretended to he their friend, yet he treacherously... | |
 | 1868 - 970 pages
...trust him, yet the Assideans, consistent in their loyalty to the " Law," accepted him as high priest, for, said they, " One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron ia come with this army, and he will do us no wrong." In this they were disappointed. Supported by the... | |
 | 1870 - 518 pages
...justice. Now the Assideaus were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them : for said they, One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army, and he will do ns no wrong. So he spake unto them peaceably, and sware unto them, saying, We will procure the harm... | |
 | Henry Wace - Bible - 1888 - 664 pages
...when Alcimus was appointed High Priest by Eupator, confidence was felt in him because, as was said, " One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army "(i Mace. vii. 14), implying previous irregularity. Josephus's statement that two brothers, who both... | |
 | Angelo Agostino Scotti (abp. of Thessalonica.) - 1874 - 610 pages
...Priest's lips ! What confidence do they place in him ! It would seem as though they said to him, " One that is a Priest of the seed of Aaron is come ; he will not deceive us" (1 Maccab. vii. 14). A good effect also is produced on the people when the... | |
 | Claude Reignier Conder - 1879 - 264 pages
...to trust himself in the power of the Hellenists. Many of the Chasidim, however, were less cautious. "For," said they, "one that is a priest of the seed...come with this army, and he will do us no wrong." Trusting to the oaths and promises of Bacchides, some of the pious went out to meet him • but, according... | |
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One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army, and he will do us no wrong. 
