Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But then he found that the funds in his treasury were exhausted. Income from taxes had decreased because of the disorder and the troubles he had brought on the world by doing away with the laws which had been in force from the earliest times. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he perceived that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension, and the evil that he had brought upon the land, that he might take away the laws of old times: 1 Maccabees 3:27Now when king Antiochus heard these words, he was angry in his mind: and he sent, and gathered the forces of all his kingdom, an exceeding strong army. 1 Maccabees 3:28 And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay to the army for a year: and he commanded them, that they should be ready for all things. 1 Maccabees 3:30 And he feared that he should not have as formerly enough for charges and gifts, which he had given before with a liberal hand: for he had abounded more than the kings that had been before him. 1 Maccabees 3:31 And he was greatly perplexed in mind, and purposed to go into Persia, and to take tributes of the countries, and to gather much money. Context 1 Maccabees 3…28And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay to the army for a year: and he commanded them, that they should be ready for all things. 29And he perceived that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension, and the evil that he had brought upon the land, that he might take away the laws of old times: 30And he feared that he should not have as formerly enough for charges and gifts, which he had given before with a liberal hand: for he had abounded more than the kings that had been before him.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 3:27 Now when king Antiochus heard these words, he was angry in his mind: and he sent, and gathered the forces of all his kingdom, an exceeding strong army. 1 Maccabees 3:28 And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay to the army for a year: and he commanded them, that they should be ready for all things. 1 Maccabees 3:30 And he feared that he should not have as formerly enough for charges and gifts, which he had given before with a liberal hand: for he had abounded more than the kings that had been before him. 1 Maccabees 3:31 And he was greatly perplexed in mind, and purposed to go into Persia, and to take tributes of the countries, and to gather much money. |