1 Maccabees 14:39-41

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁹ and he made him one of the king’s^[a] friends and paid him high honors. ⁴⁰ For he had heard that the Jews were addressed by the Romans as friends and allies and brethren, and that the Romans^[b] had received the envoys of Simon with honor.

⁴¹ “And^[c] the Jews and their priests decided that Simon should be their leader and high priest for ever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise,