1 Maccabees 3:29-31

Wycliffe Bible

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.

³⁰ And he dreaded, that he should not have as once and twice into (the) costs and gifts, which he had given before with (a) large hand; and he was rich [or abounded] over kings that were before him.

³¹ And he was astonied (or astonished) in soul greatly, and thought for to go into Persia, and for to take tributes of (or from) (the) countries, and for to gather much silver.