1 Maccabees 8:13-15
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13 Those whom they wish to help and to make kings, they make kings, and those whom they wish they depose, and they have been greatly exalted. 14 Yet for all this not one of them has put on a crown or worn purple as a mark of pride,(A) 15 but they have built for themselves a senate chamber, and every day three hundred twenty senators constantly deliberate concerning the people, to govern them well.(B)
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