1 Maccabees 3:27-29

Wycliffe Bible

²⁷ Soothly as king Antiochus heard these words, he was wroth in soul [or in inwit]; and he sent, and gathered the host of all his realm, full strong castles (yea, a very strong host, or army).

²⁸ And he opened his treasury, and gave solds (or wages) to his host, into (or for) a year, and commanded them, that they should be ready to (or for) all things.

²⁹ And (then) he saw, that money failed of (or from) his treasures, and (the) tributes of the country were little, for (the) dissention and vengeance that he did in the land, for to do away the lawful things that were of the first days.