Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The temple was very rich, containing gold shields, armor, and weapons left there by Alexander, son of King Philip of Macedonia, who was the first to rule the Greek Empire. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And that there was in it a temple exceeding rich; and coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which king Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian, that reigned first in Greece, had left there. 1 Maccabees 5:68And Judas turned to Azotus, into the land of the strangers, and he threw down their altars, and he burnt the statues of their gods with fire: and he took the spoils of the cities, and returned into the land of Juda. 1 Maccabees 6:1 Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia, was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and gold, 1 Maccabees 6:3 So he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it; but he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city. 1 Maccabees 6:4 And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia. Context 1 Maccabees 6…1Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia, was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and gold, 2And that there was in it a temple exceeding rich; and coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which king Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian, that reigned first in Greece, had left there. 3So he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it; but he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 5:68 And Judas turned to Azotus, into the land of the strangers, and he threw down their altars, and he burnt the statues of their gods with fire: and he took the spoils of the cities, and returned into the land of Juda. 1 Maccabees 6:1 Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia, was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and gold, 1 Maccabees 6:3 So he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it; but he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city. 1 Maccabees 6:4 And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia. |