1 Maccabees 3:26-28

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁶ His fame reached the king, and the Gentiles talked of the battles of Judas.

The Policy of Antiochus

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.