Font Size
1 Maccabees 13:15-17
Good News Translation
1 Maccabees 13:15-17
Good News Translation
15 I am holding your brother Jonathan under arrest because while he was in office he did not pay his debts to the royal treasury. 16 However, I will release him if you will pay me 6,000 pounds of silver and send two of his sons as hostages to guarantee that he will not revolt against us when he is released.
17 Although Simon knew that they were deceiving him, he sent for the money and the two sons because he did not want to arouse the hostility of the Jews.
Read full chapter
Good News Translation (GNT)
Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. For more information about GNT, visit www.bibles.com and www.gnt.bible.
Bible Gateway Recommends
GNT 50th Anniversary Edition Bible - Slightly Imperfect
Retail: $10.99
Our Price: $9.43
Save: $1.56 (14%)
The Acts of the Apostles (GNT), Paper
Our Price: $11.24
Catholic Bible-Gnt, Imitation Leather, Black, Thumb Index
Our Price: $58.99
Good News Bible - Maroon
Our Price: $12.99
Catholic Bible, Burgundy, hardcover
Our Price: $18.99