Judas Sends Twelve Thousand Drachmas of Silver to Jerusalem

“And when he had made a gathering throughout the company to the sum of two thousand drachms of silver, he sent it to Jerusalem to offer a sin offering, doing therein very well and honestly, in that he was mindful of the resurrection:” 2 Maccabees 12:43

Illustration of Judas’ soldiers carrying a box full of twelve thousand drachmas of silver. They are handing the box over to the priest at the temple at Jerusalem. The entrance to the temple is framed by two columns.

Keywords

Priest, helmet, armor, spear, column, soldiers, robe, silver, robes, temple, spears, Jerusalem, Drachma, Armour, judas, twelve thousand

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Literature: M, Bible Stories, The Apocrypha

Source

Right Rev. Richard Gilmour, D.D. Bible History: Containing the Most Remarkable Events of the Old and New Testaments, with a Compendium of Church History (New York, NEW YORK (NY): Benziger Brothers, 1904) 124

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