1 Maccabees 15:3–9

³Forasmuch as ^ecertain pestilent men ^fhave usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers together, and prepared ships of war; ⁴my meaning also being to go through the country, that I may be avenged of ^gthem that have destroyed it, and made many cities in the kingdom desolate: ⁵now therefore ^hI confirm unto thee all the oblations which the kings before me granted thee, and whatsoever gifts besides they granted. ⁶I give thee leave also to coin money for thy country with thine own stamp. ⁷And as concerning Jerusalem and the sanctuary, let them ⁱbe free; and all the armour that thou hast made, and ^kfortresses that thou hast built, and keepest in thy hands, let them remain unto thee. ⁸And if any thing be, or shall be, owing to the king, ^llet it be forgiven thee from this time forth for evermore. ⁹Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world.