1 Maccabees 13:8-10

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⁸and they answered in a loud voice, “You are our leader in place of Judas and your brother Jonathan. ⁹Fight our battles, and all that you say to us we will do.” ¹⁰So he assembled all the warriors and hurried to complete the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it on every side.

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1 Maccabees 14:4

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Eulogy of Simon

⁴The land^[a] had rest all the days of Simon.
He sought the good of his nation;
his rule was pleasing to them,
as was the honor shown him, all his days.

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Footnotes

1 Maccabees 14:4 Other ancient authorities add of Judah

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