1 Maccabees 11:28
Good News Translation
Jonathan asked the king to release the territory of Judea and the three regions of Samaria from the payment of taxes, promising that if Demetrius would do that, he would pay him a lump sum of 22,000 pounds of silver.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Jonathan asked the king to free Judea and the three districts of Samaria from tribute, and promised him three hundred talents.

Contemporary English Version
Jonathan asked Demetrius to stop collecting taxes from Judea and the three districts of Samaria, and, in return, he promised to give him 300,000 pieces of silver.

New American Bible
Jonathan asked the king to exempt Judea and the three districts of Samaria from tribute, promising him in return three hundred talents.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents.

1 Maccabees 11:26
And the king treated him as his predecessors had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends.

1 Maccabees 11:27
And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.

1 Maccabees 11:29
And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things, to this effect.

1 Maccabees 11:30
King Demetrius to his brother, Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.

Context
1 Maccabees 11
27And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends. 28And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents. 29And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things, to this effect.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 11:26
And the king treated him as his predecessors had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends.

1 Maccabees 11:27
And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.

1 Maccabees 11:29
And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things, to this effect.

1 Maccabees 11:30
King Demetrius to his brother, Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.



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