Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Jonathan asked the king to release the territory of Judea and the three regions of Samaria from the payment of taxes, promising that if Demetrius would do that, he would pay him a lump sum of 22,000 pounds of silver. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents. 1 Maccabees 11:26And the king treated him as his predecessors had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends. 1 Maccabees 11:27 And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends. 1 Maccabees 11:29 And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things, to this effect. 1 Maccabees 11:30 King Demetrius to his brother, Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. Context 1 Maccabees 11…27And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends. 28And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents. 29And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things, to this effect.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 11:26 And the king treated him as his predecessors had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends. 1 Maccabees 11:27 And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends. 1 Maccabees 11:29 And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things, to this effect. 1 Maccabees 11:30 King Demetrius to his brother, Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. |
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