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2 Maccabees 8:10-12
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 8:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 Nicanor’s intention was to raise the two thousand talents of tribute owed by the king to the Romans[a] by selling into slavery the Jews who were taken prisoner. 11 Therefore, he immediately notified the coastal cities that he was prepared to sell them Jewish slaves at the rate of ninety slaves for a talent. However, he did not reckon with the judgment from the Almighty that was about to overtake him.
12 When Judas learned of Nicanor’s advance and informed his men about the approach of the enemy’s army,
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- 2 Maccabees 8:10 Two thousand talents of tribute owed by the king to the Romans: as a result of the defeat of Antiochus III at Magnesia in 189 B.C., the Seleucids were obligated to pay 15,000 talents in successive payments. In the epoch in which the narrated events took place, the Seleucids were, according to Livius (History 42:6), late in their payments.
