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And so we have appointed you today to be the high priest of your nation; you are to be called the king's friend" (and he sent him a purple robe and a golden crown) "and you are to take our side and keep friendship with us." (1 Maccabees 10, 20)
I release also my control of the citadel in Jerusalem and give it to the high priest, that he may station in it men of his own choice to guard it. (1 Maccabees 10, 32)
"As for the three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be so annexed to Judea that they are considered to be under one ruler and obey no other authority but the high priest. (1 Maccabees 10, 38)
And Demetrius appointed Apollonius the governor of Coelesyria, and he assembled a large force and encamped against Jamnia. Then he sent the following message to Jonathan the high priest: (1 Maccabees 10, 69)
So they went to Rome and entered the senate chamber and said, "Jonathan the high priest and the Jewish nation have sent us to renew the former friendship and alliance with them." (1 Maccabees 12, 3)
"Jonathan the high priest, the senate of the nation, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people to their brethren the Spartans, greeting. (1 Maccabees 12, 6)
Already in time past a letter was sent to Onias the high priest from Arius, who was king among you, stating that you are our brethren, as the appended copy shows. (1 Maccabees 12, 7)
"Arius, king of the Spartans, to Onias the high priest, greeting. (1 Maccabees 12, 20)
"King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 13, 36)
and the people began to write in their documents and contracts, "In the first year of Simon the great high priest and commander and leader of the Jews." (1 Maccabees 13, 42)
When they heard that Simon his brother had become high priest in his place, and that he was ruling over the country and the cities in it, (1 Maccabees 14, 17)
This is a copy of the letter which the Spartans sent: "The rulers and the city of the Spartans to Simon the high priest and to the elders and the priests and the rest of the Jewish people, our brethren, greeting. (1 Maccabees 14, 20)