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The envoys you sent to our people informed us of the successes and prosperity of your nation. We rejoiced at their coming. (1 Maccabees 14, 21)
It has been a pleasure for the people to receive them with honor and deposit a copy of their statement in the public archives as a remembrance for the people of Sparta.' And they made a copy of all this for the High Priest Simon." (1 Maccabees 14, 23)
When the people came to know these events, they said, "What favor can we do for Simon and his sons? (1 Maccabees 14, 25)
It was he and his brothers and the family of their fathers who strengthened the resistance; they have fought the enemies of Israel and restored its freedom." (1 Maccabees 14, 26)
So they engraved an inscription on bronze sheets and set it up on pillars on Mount Zion. This is a copy of the text: "On the eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the year one hundred and seventy-two, the third year of Simon, the High Priest, (1 Maccabees 14, 27)
in the grand assembly of the priests of Israel, the leaders of the nation and the elders of the people, the following was proclaimed: (1 Maccabees 14, 28)
"During the frequent wars for freedom in our land, Simon, the son of Mattathias, a priest from the family of Joarib, and his brothers risked their lives and stood up against the enemies of their nation to preserve the Holy Place and the Law, and brought eternal glory to their nation. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
Jonathan rallied the nation, and became the High Priest, and then rested with his fathers. (1 Maccabees 14, 30)
The enemies of the Jews then planned to invade their land in order to destroy their Holy Place. (1 Maccabees 14, 31)
He fortified the cities of Judah and Beth-zur on the frontiers of Judea, where the enemy arsenal had been and he stationed a Jewish garrison there. (1 Maccabees 14, 33)
He also fortified Joppa by the sea, and Gazara on the borders of Azotus, which was formerly inhabited by enemies, and established Jewish colonies there, providing them with all they needed. (1 Maccabees 14, 34)
The people saw Simon's faith and the glory he had resolved to win for his nation. They made him their commander and High Priest because of the services he rendered, the justice and faithfulness he showed to his nation, and because he sought in every way to increase the honor of his people. (1 Maccabees 14, 35)
