1 Maccabees 11:29–37

²⁹And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things, to this effect.

³⁰King Demetrius to his brother, Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.

³¹We send you here a copy of the letter which we have written to Lasthenes, our parent, concerning you, that you might know it.

³²King Demetrius to Lasthenes, his parent, greetings.

³³We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep the things that are just with us, for their good will which they bear towards us.

³⁴We have ratified, therefore, unto them all the borders of Judea, and the three cities, Apherema, Lydda, and Ramatha, which are added to Judea, out of Samaria, and all their confines, to be set apart to all them that sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them every year, and for the fruits of the land, and of the trees.

³⁵And as for other things that belonged to us of the tithes, and of the tributes, from this time we discharge them of them: the saltpans also, and the crowns that were presented to us.

³⁶We give all to them, and nothing hereof shall be revoked from this time forth and for ever.

³⁷Now, therefore, see that thou make a copy of these things, and let it be given to Jonathan, and set upon the holy mountain, in a conspicuous place.