“simon” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word simon appears 146 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 50 matching verses are shown below.
- 1 Paralipomenon 4:20 The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
- Ecclesiasticus 50:1 Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.
- 1 Machabees 2:3 And Simon, who was surnamed Thasi;
- 1 Machabees 2:65 And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel: give ear to him always, and he shall be a father to you.
- 1 Machabees 5:17 And Judas said to Simon, his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and deliver thy brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan, will go into the country of Galaad:
- 1 Machabees 5:20 Now three thousand men were allotted to Simon, to go into Galilee: and eight thousand to Judas, to go into the land of Galaad.
- 1 Machabees 5:21 And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles with the heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.
- 1 Machabees 5:55 Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee, before Ptolemais,
- 1 Machabees 9:19 And Jonathan and Simon took Judas, their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of their fathers, in the city of Modin.
- 1 Machabees 9:33 And Jonathan, and Simon, his brother, knew it, and all that were with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by the water of the lake Asphar,
- 1 Machabees 9:37 After this it was told Jonathan, and Simon, his brother, that the children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride out of Madaba, the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan, with great pomp.
- 1 Machabees 9:62 And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, retired into Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches thereof, and they fortified it.
- 1 Machabees 9:65 But Jonathan left his brother, Simon, in the city and went forth into the country, and came with a number of men,
- 1 Machabees 9:67 But Simon, and they that were with him, sallied out of the city, and burnt the engines,
- 1 Machabees 10:74 Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon, his brother, met him to help him.
- 1 Machabees 10:82 Then Simon drew forth his army, and attacked the legion: for the horsemen were wearied: and they were discomfited by him, and fled.
- 1 Machabees 11:59 And he made his brother, Simon, governor, from the borders of Tyre even to the confines of Egypt.
- 1 Machabees 11:64 And he went against them: but left his brother, Simon, in the country.
- 1 Machabees 11:65 And Simon encamped against Bethsura, and assaulted it many days, and shut them up.
- 1 Machabees 12:33 Simon also went forth, and came as far as Ascalon, and the neighbouring fortresses, and he turned aside to Joppe, and took possession of it,
- 1 Machabees 12:38 And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and fortified it, and set up gates and bars.
- 1 Machabees 13:1 Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it.
- 1 Machabees 13:13 But Simon pitched in Addus, over against the plain.
- 1 Machabees 13:14 And when Tryphon understood that Simon was risen up in the place of his brother, Jonathan, and that he meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers to him,
- 1 Machabees 13:17 Now Simon knew that he spoke deceitfully to him; nevertheless, he ordered the money and the children to be sent, lest he should bring upon himself a great hatred of the people of Israel, who might have said:
- 1 Machabees 13:20 And after this, Tryphon entered within the country, to destroy it: and they went about by the way that leadeth to Ador: and Simon and his army marched to every place whithersoever they went.
- 1 Machabees 13:25 And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan, his brother, and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
- 1 Machabees 13:27 And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building lofty to the sight, of polished stone, behind and before:
- 1 Machabees 13:33 And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses.
- 1 Machabees 13:34 And Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end that he should grant an immunity to the land; for all that Tryphon did, was to spoil.
- 1 Machabees 13:36 King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:
- 1 Machabees 13:42 And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon, the high priest, the great captain, and prince of the Jews.
- 1 Machabees 13:43 In those days Simon besieged Gaza, and camped round about it, and he made engines, and set them to the city, and he struck one tower, and took it.
- 1 Machabees 13:45 And they that were in the city went up, with their wives and children, upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
- 1 Machabees 13:47 And Simon being moved, did not destroy them but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord:
- 1 Machabees 13:50 And they cried to Simon for peace, and he granted it to them: and he cast them out from thence and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.
- 1 Machabees 13:54 And Simon saw that John, his son, was a valiant man for war: and he made him captain of all the forces: and he dwelt in Gazara.
- 1 Machabees 14:4 And all the land of Juda was at rest all the days of Simon, and he sought the good of his nation: and his power, and his glory pleased them well all his days.
- 1 Machabees 14:17 But when they heard that Simon, his brother, was made high priest in his place, and was possessed of all the country, and the cities therein:
- 1 Machabees 14:20 The princes and the cities of the Spartans, to Simon, the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, their brethren, greeting.
- 1 Machabees 14:23 And it pleased the people to receive the men honourably, and to put a copy of their words in the public records, to be a memorial to the people of the Spartans. And we have written a copy of them to Simon, the high priest.
- 1 Machabees 14:24 And after this Simon sent Numenius to Rome, with a great shield of gold, of the weight of a thousand pounds, to confirm the league with them. And when the people of Rome had heard
- 1 Machabees 14:25 These words, they said: What thanks shall we give to Simon, and his sons?
- 1 Machabees 14:27 And this is a copy of the writing. The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the year one hundred and seventy-two, being the third year under Simon, the high priest, at Asaramel,
- 1 Machabees 14:29 And Simon, the son of Mathathias, of the children of Jarib, and his brethren, have put themselves in danger, and resisted the enemies of their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and have raised their nation to great glory.
- 1 Machabees 14:32 Then Simon resisted and fought for his nation, and laid out much of his money, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages.
- 1 Machabees 14:35 And the people seeing the acts of Simon, and to what glory he meant to bring his nation, made him their prince and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to advance his people.
- 1 Machabees 14:46 And it pleased all the people to establish Simon, and to do according to these words.
- 1 Machabees 14:47 And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all.
- 1 Machabees 14:49 And that a copy thereof should be put in the treasury, that Simon, and his sons, may have it.