1 Maccabees 14:24-26

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁴ After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a large gold shield weighing one thousand minas, to confirm the alliance with the Romans.^[a]

Official Honours for Simon

²⁵ When the people heard these things they said, ‘How shall we thank Simon and his sons? ²⁶ For he and his brothers and the house of his father have stood firm; they have fought and repulsed Israel’s enemies and established its freedom.’