Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Antiochus had always given presents more lavishly than earlier kings, but now he was worried that he might not be able to continue this, or even to meet expenses--this had happened once or twice before. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 3:28And 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. 1 Maccabees 3:29 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 3:31 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. 1 Maccabees 3:32 And he left Lysias, a nobleman of the blood royal to oversee the affairs of the kingdom from the river Euphrates even to the river of Egypt: Context 1 Maccabees 3…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. 31And he was greatly perplexed in mind, and purposed to go into Persia, and to take tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.… Cross References 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 3:29 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 3:31 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. 1 Maccabees 3:32 And he left Lysias, a nobleman of the blood royal to oversee the affairs of the kingdom from the river Euphrates even to the river of Egypt: |