Events Tagged: "Sabbath"

Nehemiah's second governorship - returns from Persia, finds abuses, enforces Sabbath, closes gates to merchants

Antiochus plunders Temple - returning from Egypt, kills thousands of Jews, takes Temple treasures including golden altar

Antiochus massacres Jerusalem - 40,000 killed in three days, 40,000 sold as slaves, attacks on Sabbath when Jews won't fight

Maccabees decide to fight on Sabbath - after 1,000 killed refusing to defend on Sabbath, Mattathias permits defensive warfare