“And so observe, from generation to generation, that none of those who put their trust in him will lack strength.

Now, then, send a man whom you trust; let him go and see all the ruin that Judas has brought on us and on the land of the king, and let him punish them and all who help them.”

So they trusted him, but he seized sixty of them and killed them in one day, in accordance with the word that was written,

They trust one man each year to rule over them and to control all their land; they all heed the one man, and there is no envy or jealousy among them.

Let some of them be stationed in the great strongholds of the king, and let some of them be put in positions of trust in the kingdom. Let their officers and leaders be of their own number, and let them live by their own laws, just as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.

Jonathan trusted him and did as he said; he sent away the troops, and they returned to the land of Judah.

“The Jews and their priests have resolved that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise,