325 verses contain “mat” (in the KJV: 218, in the BSB: 190) — showing 301–325
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Now when the time drew near that
Mattathias should die, he said unto his sons, Now hath pride and
rebuke gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of
indignation:
Unto whom
Judas answered, It is no hard
matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company:
So that matter pleased the Romans well.
Also no man shall have authority to
meddle with or to
molest any of them in any
matter.
And
whosoever they be that
flee unto the temple at Jerusalem, or be within the
liberties hereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any other
matter, let them be at liberty, and all that they have in my realm.
And he made him sit by himself, and said into his princes, Go with him into the midst of the city, and make
proclamation, that no man
complain against him of any
matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
Now therefore, if thou trustest in thine own strength, come down to us into the plain field, and there let us try the matter together: for with me is the power of the cities.
Insomuch as there was not one of them left, except
Mattathias the son of
Absalom, and
Judas the son of Calphi, the captains of the host.
Forasmuch as
oftentimes there have been wars in the country, wherein for the maintenance of their sanctuary, and the law, Simon the son of
Mattathias, of the
posterity of Jarib, together with his brethren, put themselves in
jeopardy, and resisting the enemies of their nation did their nation great honour:
Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to
Jericho with his sons,
Mattathias and
Judas, in the hundred
threescore and
seventeenth year, in the
eleventh month, called Sabat:
So when this
matter was known, it was told the king of Persia, that in the place, where the priests that were led away had
hid the fire, there appeared water, and that Neemias had
purified the sacrifices
therewith.
Then the king, inclosing the place, made it holy, after he had tried the matter.
For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they find that desire to look into the narrations of the story, for the variety of the matter,
Therefore to us, that have taken upon us this painful labour of
abridging, it was not easy, but a
matter of
sweat and watching;
So at the day which he appointed he entered in to order this
matter: wherefore there was no small
agony throughout the whole city.
Three years afterward
Jason sent
Menelaus, the
aforesaid Simon’s brother, to bear the money unto the king, and to put him in mind of certain necessary
matters.
Thus they that followed the matter for the city, and for the people, and for the holy vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment.
But let this that we at spoken be for a
warning unto us. And now will we come to the declaring of the
matter in a few words.
Then
forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also
Gorgias a captain, who in
matters of war had great experience.
And
Judas, being apart with the elders, determined, before the king’s host should enter into
Judea, and get the city, to go forth and try the
matter in fight by the help of the Lord.
Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the
manliness of them that were with
Judas, and the
courageousness that they had to fight for their country,
durst not try the
matter by the sword.
Wherefore he sent
Posidonius, and Theodotus, and
Mattathias, to make peace.
Thus being well comforted by the words of
Judas, which were very good, and able to
stir them up to valour, and to
encourage the hearts of the young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but
courageously to set upon them, and
manfully to try the
matter by conflict, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.