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1 Maccabees 14:24

In 4 translations

KJV
After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight to confirm the league with them.
WEB
After this, Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold weighing one thousand minas, in order to confirm the alliance with them.1,000 minas is about 499 kg or 1,098 pounds.
DRC
And after this Simon sent Numenius to Rome, with a great shield of gold the weight of a thousand pounds, to confirm the league with them. And when the people of Rome had heard
LXXE
After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight, to confirm the league with them.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπέστειλε Σίμων τὸν Νουμήνιον εἰς Ῥώμην ἔχοντα ἀσπίδα χρυσῆν μεγάλην ὁλκῆς μνῶν χιλιων, εἰς τὸ στῆσαι πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὴν συμμαχίαν.

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