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It has pleased our people to receive these men with honor and to put a copy of their words in the public archives, so that the people of the Spartans may have a record of them. And they have sent a copy of this to Simon the high priest.'" (1 Maccabees 14, 23)
So they made a record on bronze tablets and put it upon pillars on Mount Zion. This is a copy of what they wrote: "On the eighteenth day of Elul, in the one hundred and seventy-second year, which is the third year of Simon the great high priest, (1 Maccabees 14, 27)
"Since wars often occurred in the country, Simon the son of Mattathias, a priest of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers, exposed themselves to danger and resisted the enemies of their nation, in order that their sanctuary and the law might be perserved; and they brought great glory to their nation. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
Jonathan rallied the nation, and became their high priest, and was gathered to his people. (1 Maccabees 14, 30)
"The people saw Simon's faithfulness and the glory which he had resolved to win for his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things and because of the justice and loyalty which he had maintained toward his nation. He sought in every way to exalt his people. (1 Maccabees 14, 35)
"And the Jews and their priests decided that Simon should be their leader and high priest for ever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise, (1 Maccabees 14, 41)
So Simon accepted and agreed to be high priest, to be commander and ethnarch of the Jews and priests, and to be protector of them all. (1 Maccabees 14, 47)
Antiochus, the son of Demetrius the king, sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to all the nation; (1 Maccabees 15, 1)
its contents were as follows: "King Antiochus to Simon the high priest and ethnarch and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 15, 2)
The envoys of the Jews have come to us as our friends and allies to renew our ancient friendship and alliance. They had been sent by Simon the high priest and by the people of the Jews, (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
Therefore if any pestilent men have fled to you from their country, hand them over to Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their law." (1 Maccabees 15, 21)
They also sent a copy of these things to Simon the high priest. (1 Maccabees 15, 24)