1 Maccabees 14:30-32

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁰ And Jonathan gathered together his nation, and was made their high priest, and he was laid to his people.

³¹ And their enemies desired to tread down and destroy their country, and to stretch forth their hands against their holy places.

³² Then Simon resisted and fought for his nation, and laid out much of his money, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages: