1 Maccabees 15:32-34

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³² So Athenobius, the king’s Friend, came to Jerusalem, and when he saw the splendor of Simon, and the sideboard with its gold and silver plate, and his great magnificence, he was amazed. When he reported to him the king’s message,^{(A) 33} Simon said to him in reply: “We have neither taken foreign land nor seized foreign property, but only the inheritance of our ancestors, which at one time had been unjustly taken by our enemies.^{(B) 34} Now that we have the opportunity, we are firmly holding the inheritance of our ancestors.