1 Maccabees 10:36-38

New Catholic Bible

³⁶ “Thirty thousand Jews will be enrolled in the king’s army, and they will receive the standard benefits given to all the forces of the king. ³⁷ Some of them will be stationed in the major strongholds of the king; others will be appointed to positions of trust in the kingdom. Their officers and commanders will be appointed from their own number, and they will be allowed to observe their own laws, as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.

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