1 Maccabees 8:11-13

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¹¹ The remaining kingdoms and islands, as many as ever opposed them, they destroyed and enslaved, ¹² but with their friends and those who rely on them they have kept friendship. They have subdued kings far and near, and as many as have heard of their fame have feared them. ¹³ Those whom they wish to help and to make kings, they make kings, and those whom they wish they depose, and they have been greatly exalted.