1 Maccabees 10:38-40

Common English Bible

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. ³⁹ I give Ptolemais as a gift and the land adjoining it to the sanctuary in Jerusalem, to provide the necessary expenses of the sanctuary. ⁴⁰ I also grant fifteen thousand silver shekels annually out of the king’s revenues from appropriate places.