1 Maccabees 11:32-34
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
32 “King Demetrius to his father Lasthenes, greetings. 33 We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends and fulfil their obligations to us, because of the goodwill they show towards us. 34 We have confirmed as their possession both the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema and Lydda and Rathamin; the latter, with all the region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem we have granted release from[a] the royal taxes that the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees.
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- 1 Maccabees 11:34 Or Samaria, for all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem, in place of
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