1 Maccabees 15:33-35

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³³ And Simon answered him, and said to him: We have neither taken other men's land, neither do we hold that which is other men's: but the inheritance of our fathers, which was for some time unjustly possessed by our enemies.

³⁴ But we having opportunity claim the inheritance of our fathers.

³⁵ And as to thy complaints concerning Joppe and Gazara, they did great harm to the people, and to our country: yet for these we will give a hundred talents. And Athenobius answered him not a word: