History of the Jewish Nation After the Destruction of Jerusalem Under TitusLongmans, Green, 1896 - 553 pages |
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... favour of either party , but enabled the disaffected subjects of Antiochus II . , on the eastern banks of the Tigris , to found what afterwards grew into the formidable Parthian Empire . The war between the monarchs of Syria and Egypt ...
... favour of either party , but enabled the disaffected subjects of Antiochus II . , on the eastern banks of the Tigris , to found what afterwards grew into the formidable Parthian Empire . The war between the monarchs of Syria and Egypt ...
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... favour of the Egyptian monarchs , to whom they were tributary . The successors of the high priest Simon the Just were Eleazar , Manasseh , and Onias II . ( about 250 B.C. ) . All these priests farmed the revenues of Palestine for a ...
... favour of the Egyptian monarchs , to whom they were tributary . The successors of the high priest Simon the Just were Eleazar , Manasseh , and Onias II . ( about 250 B.C. ) . All these priests farmed the revenues of Palestine for a ...
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... favour of Simon , but no sooner had he gained a decided advantage than he changed his attitude towards the Jews , and refused to acknowledge their claims to independence . He marched an army into Palestine , which was repulsed by John ...
... favour of Simon , but no sooner had he gained a decided advantage than he changed his attitude towards the Jews , and refused to acknowledge their claims to independence . He marched an army into Palestine , which was repulsed by John ...
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... favour , but by the advice of one Antipater , an Idumean , who had acquired considerable influence , betook himself for assistance to Aretas , king of Arabia , who gladly espoused his cause . Judea now became the scene of a civil war ...
... favour , but by the advice of one Antipater , an Idumean , who had acquired considerable influence , betook himself for assistance to Aretas , king of Arabia , who gladly espoused his cause . Judea now became the scene of a civil war ...
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... favour the weak Hyrcanus as more likely to be serviceable to himself , and Aristobulus resolved to fight for the crown . He at first attempted to defend Jerusalem , but surrendered on the approach of Pompey . His adherents retired to ...
... favour the weak Hyrcanus as more likely to be serviceable to himself , and Aristobulus resolved to fight for the crown . He at first attempted to defend Jerusalem , but surrendered on the approach of Pompey . His adherents retired to ...
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