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We pardon any errors and offenses committed to this day, and cancel the crown tax which you owe; and whatever other tax has been collected in Jerusalem shall be collected no longer. (1 Maccabees 13, 39)
The men in the citadel at Jerusalem were prevented from going out to the country and back to buy and sell. So they were very hungry, and many of them perished from famine. (1 Maccabees 13, 49)
And Simon decreed that every year they should celebrate this day with rejoicing. He strengthened the fortifications of the temple hill alongside the citadel, and he and his men dwelt there. (1 Maccabees 13, 52)
And these were read before the assembly in Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 14, 19)
And in his days things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were put out of the country, as were also the men in the city of David in Jerusalem, who had built themselves a citadel from which they used to sally forth and defile the environs of the sanctuary and do great damage to its purity. (1 Maccabees 14, 36)
He settled Jews in it, and fortified it for the safety of the country and of the city, and built the walls of Jerusalem higher. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
and I grant freedom to Jerusalem and the sanctuary. All the weapons which you have prepared and the strongholds which you have built and now hold shall remain yours. (1 Maccabees 15, 7)
When we gain control of our kingdom, we will bestow great honor upon you and your nation and the temple, so that your glory will become manifest in all the earth." (1 Maccabees 15, 9)
He sent to him Athenobius, one of his friends, to confer with him, saying, "You hold control of Joppa and Gazara and the citadel in Jerusalem; they are cities of my kingdom. (1 Maccabees 15, 28)
So Athenobius the friend of the king 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. He reported to him the words of the king, (1 Maccabees 15, 32)
and he sent other men to take possession of Jerusalem and the temple hill. (1 Maccabees 16, 20)
The Jewish brethren in Jerusalem and those in the land of Judea, To their Jewish brethren in Egypt, Greeting, and good peace. (2 Maccabees 1, 1)
