1 Maccabees 11:58-60
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
58 He also sent him gold dishes and a table service, gave him the right to drink from gold cups, to dress in royal purple, and to wear a gold buckle.(A) 59 Likewise, he made Jonathan’s brother Simon governor of the region from the Ladder of Tyre[a] to the borders of Egypt.
Campaigns of Jonathan and Simon. 60 Jonathan set out and traveled through the province of West-of-Euphrates[b] and its cities, and all the forces of Syria espoused his cause as allies. When he arrived at Askalon, the citizens welcomed him with pomp.
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- 11:59 Ladder of Tyre: modern Ras en-Naqurah, where the mountains reach the sea, so that the coastal road must ascend in a series of steps. Thus the Maccabees controlled the coastal area from Syria to Egypt.
- 11:60 The province of West-of-Euphrates: refers here to the territory of Palestine and Coelesyria, but not Upper Syria; cf. 7:8.
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