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1 Maccabees 3:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He opened his treasury and gave his forces pay for a year, and commanded them to be ready for every need. "

1 Maccabees 3:28

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26 His fame reached the king, and every nation told of the battles of Judas.

27 But when King Antiochus heard these words, he was full of indignation; and he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm, an exceedingly strong army.

28 He opened his treasury and gave his forces pay for a year, and commanded them to be ready for every need.

29 He saw that the money was gone from his treasures, and that the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension and disaster which he had brought upon the land, to the end that he might take away the laws which had been from the first days.

30 He was afraid that he wouldn’t have enough as at other times for the charges and the gifts which he used to give with a liberal hand, more abundantly than the kings who were before him.

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2 Maccabees 3:6

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"He brought him word how that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold sums of money, so that the multitude of the funds was innumerable, and that they didn’t pertain to the account of the sacrifices, but that it was possible that these should fall under the king’s power."

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1 Maccabees 1:4

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"He gathered together an exceedingly strong army and ruled over countries, nations, and principalities, and they paid him tribute."

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1 Maccabees 10:6

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"So he gave him authority to gather together forces, and to provide weapons, and that he should be his ally. He also commanded that they should release the hostages that were in the citadel to him."

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2 Chronicles 25:6

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"He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver."

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Genesis 44:1

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"He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth."

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2 Chronicles 11:11

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"He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine."

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1 Maccabees 3:1

"His son Judas, who was called Maccabaeus, rose up in his place."

1 Maccabees 3:2

"All his kindred helped him, and so did all those who joined with his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of Israel."

1 Maccabees 3:3

"He got his people great glory, and put on a breastplate like a giant, and bound his warlike harness around him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword."

1 Maccabees 3:4

"He was like a lion in his deeds, and like a lion’s cub roaring for prey."

1 Maccabees 3:5

"He hunted and pursued the lawless, and he burned up those who troubled his people."

1 Maccabees 3:6

"The lawless shrunk back for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were very troubled, and deliverance prospered in his hand."

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