1 Maccabees 10:36-38

Common English Bible

³⁶ Let Jews be enrolled in the king’s forces to the number of thirty thousand. And let the privileges be given them that are due to all the forces of the king. ³⁷ Let some of them be stationed in the king’s great fortress. Let some of them be placed in trustworthy positions in the kingdom. Let their officers and leaders come from their own people, and let them live by their own laws, just as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.

³⁸ As for the three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be annexed to Judea so that they may be considered under one ruler and obey no other authority than the high priest.