1 Maccabees 11:32-34

Common English Bible

³² Greetings from King Demetrius to his father Lasthenes. ³³ We have decided to treat the nation of the Jews well. They are our friends and keep their obligations to us. They show goodwill toward us. ³⁴ We have confirmed, as their possession, the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema, Lydda, and Rathamin. The latter districts, with the entire region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, we have granted release from the royal taxes the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees.