²⁹ Mercenary forces also came to him from other kingdoms and from islands of the seas.^(A)

³⁵ “The people saw Simon’s faithfulness^[a] and the glory that he had resolved to win for his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest because he had done all these things and because of the justice and loyalty that he had maintained toward his nation. He sought in every way to exalt his people.^(A)