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1 Maccabees 14:25-27
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25 Homage Rendered to Simon. When the people heard an account of these events, they said, “How can we possibly thank Simon and his sons? 26 He and his brothers and the house of his father have stood firm and repulsed the enemies of Israel, ensuring the nation’s freedom.” Therefore, they engraved an inscription on bronze tablets and affixed them to pillars on Mount Zion. 27 [a]The following is a copy of the inscription:

“On the eighteenth day of Elul,[b] in the year one hundred and seventy-two, the third year of the high priesthood of Simon, Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 14:27 The high priest held his office by divine appointment, indicated by descent from a particular family. But because there was no legitimate claimant, Simon was legitimized by a process known in ancient Israel (see Ex 19; 2 Ki 23; Ezr 10; Neh 9).
  2. 1 Maccabees 14:27 Elul is the sixth month of the year (the name is Babylonian but was used by the Jews after the Exile). Hence, we are in September of the year 140 B.C. Asaramel: a Hebrew word meaning “court of the people of God.”
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