36 In his days, things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were taken away out of their country, and they also who were in the city of David, those who were in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a citadel, out of which they used to go, and polluted everything around the sanctuary, and did great damage to its purity. (WEB) 37 He placed Jews in it and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and made high the walls of Jerusalem. (WEB) 38 King Demetrius confirmed to him the high priesthood according to these things, (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:36–38
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