827 verses contain “Called” (in the KJV: 729, in the BSB: 460) — showing 801–827
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They then
called upon the
Almighty Lord to keep the things committed of trust safe and sure for those that had committed them.
But after the death of Seleucus, when
Antiochus,
called Epiphanes, took the kingdom,
Jason the brother of Onias laboured underhand to be high priest,
That the priests had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but
despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices,
hastened to be partakers of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of
Discus called them forth;
For unto him
appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both
called before the king.
While those things were in doing, they of
Tarsus and Mallos made insurrection, because they were given to the king’s
concubine,
called Antiochus.
But when the young man would in no case
hearken unto him, the king
called his mother, and
exhorted her that she would counsel the young man to save his life.
Then
Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went
privily into the towns, and
called their kinsfolks together, and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews’ religion, and assembled about six thousand men.
And they
called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was
trodden down of all; and also
pity the temple
profaned of ungodly men;
And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name’s sake, by which they were called.
So Maccabeus
called his men together unto the number of six thousand, and
exhorted them not to be
stricken with terror of the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came wrongly against them; but to fight
manfully,
For he had entered the city
called Persepolis, and went about to
rob the temple, and to hold the city;
whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that
Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame.
And this was the end of
Antiochus,
called Epiphanes.
For Ptolemeus, that was
called Macron, choosing rather to do justice unto the Jews for the wrong that had been done unto them, endeavoured to continue peace with them.
Whereupon being accused of the king’s friends before Eupator, and
called traitor at every word because he had left
Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to
Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honourable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.
But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them.
As for
Timotheus himself, he fled into a very strong hold,
called Gawra, where Chereas was governor.
Then departed they from thence seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa unto the Jews that are called Tubieni.
Now when
Timotheus had knowledge of
Judas’ coming, he sent the women and children and the other
baggage unto a fortress
called Carnion: for the town was hard to
besiege, and uneasy to come unto, by reason of the straitness of all the places.
But when
Judas and his company had
called upon
Almighty God, who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they won the city, and
slew twenty and five thousand of them that were within,
Now when they that were with
Gorgias had fought long, and were
weary,
Judas called upon the Lord, that he would
shew himself to be their helper and leader of the battle.
Howbeit having
gotten opportunity to further his
foolish enterprize, and being
called into counsel by
Demetrius, and asked how the Jews stood affected, and what they intended, he answered
thereunto:
Now was there accused unto Nicanor one Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, a lover of his countrymen, and a man of very good report, who for his kindness was called a father of the Jews.
Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude, and the
divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretched out his hands toward heaven, and
called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he giveth it to such as are worthy:
So when he was there, and called them of his nation together, and set the priests before the altar, he sent for them that were of the tower,
And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without
solemnity, but to
celebrate the
thirtieth day of the
twelfth month, which in the
Syrian tongue is
called Adar, the day before Mardocheus’ day.