1 Maccabees 11:27-29

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁷ And he confirmed him in the high priesthood, and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.

²⁸ And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents.

²⁹ And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things to this effect.