1 Maccabees 3:26-28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁶ And his fame came to the king, and all nations told of the battles of Judas.

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.

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.