13 Moreover, whoever they desired to help and to make kings, these they make kings; and whoever they desired, they depose. They are exalted exceedingly. (WEB) 14 For all this, none of them ever put on a crown, neither did they clothe themselves with purple, as a display of grandeur. (WEB) 15 Judas heard how they had made for themselves a senate house, and day by day, three hundred twenty men sat in council, consulting always for the people, to the end they might be well governed, (WEB)
1 Maccabees 8:13–15
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2 Esdras 11:20–22
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1 Maccabees 8:3–5
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1 Esdras 4:10–12
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1 Maccabees 10:36–38
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2 Maccabees 3:1–3
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