26
His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas.
27
When King Antiochus heard these reports, he was greatly angered; and he sent and gathered all the forces of his kingdom, a very strong army.
28
He opened his coffers and gave a year's pay to his forces, and ordered them to be ready for any need.
29
Then he saw that the money in the treasury was exhausted, and that the revenues from the country were small because of the dissension and disaster that he had caused in the land by abolishing the laws that had existed from the earliest days.
30
He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts that he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings.
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