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1 Maccabees 11:27-29
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 11:27-29
New Catholic Bible
27 He confirmed him in the high priesthood and in all the other positions of honor he had previously held, and he had him enrolled among his Chief Friends.
28 Jonathan asked the king to exempt Judea and the three districts[a] of Samaria from tribute, and promised him three hundred talents in return. 29 The king consented and wrote the following letter to Jonathan about all these matters:
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- 1 Maccabees 11:28 The three districts were already mentioned in 10:30, 38. They were previously part of Samaria and had been annexed to Judea (1 Mac 10:38); they are named in verse 34 below: Aphairema (the Ephrem of Jn 11:54, four miles northeast of Bethel), Lydda (the hometown of Aeneas, who was cured by Peter in Acts 9:32ff, ten miles southeast of Joppa) and Ramathaim (the Arimathea of the Gospels, e.g., Mt 27:57, nine miles northeast of Lydda).
