1 Maccabees 10:63-65

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁶³ The king also seated him at his side; and he said to his officers, ‘Go out with him into the middle of the city and proclaim that no one is to bring charges against him about any matter, and let no one annoy him for any reason.’ ⁶⁴ When his accusers saw the honour that was paid him, in accordance with the proclamation, and saw him clothed in purple, they all fled. ⁶⁵ Thus the king honoured him and enrolled him among his chief^[a] Friends, and made him general and governor of the province.