38 “The three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be annexed to Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one ruler, that they may not obey any other authority than the high priest’s. (WEB) 39 As for Ptolemais and its land, I have given it as a gift to the sanctuary that is at Jerusalem, for the expenses of the sanctuary. (WEB) 40 I also give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver from the king’s revenues from the places that are appropriate. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:38–40
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