1 Maccabees 11:29–37

²⁹So the king consented, and wrote letters unto Jonathan of all these things after this manner:

³⁰King Demetrius ^funto his brother Jonathan, and unto the nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting: ³¹we send you here a copy of the letter which we did write unto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye might see it. ³²King Demetrius unto his father Lasthenes sendeth greeting: ³³we are determined to do good to the people of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep covenants with us, because of their good will towards us. ³⁴Wherefore we have ratified unto them the borders of Judea, with ^ethe three governments of Apherema and ^gLydda and ^hRamathem, that are added unto Judea from the country of Samaria, and ⁱall things appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them yearly aforetime ^kout of the fruits of the earth and ^kof trees. ³⁵And as for other things that belong unto us, of the ^ltithes and ^lcustoms pertaining unto us, as also ^mthe salt pits, and the ^mcrown taxes, which are due unto us, we discharge them of them all for their relief. ³⁶And nothing hereof shall be ⁿrevoked from this time forth for ever. ³⁷Now therefore see that thou make a copy of these things, and let it be delivered unto Jonathan, and set upon the holy mount in a conspicuous place.