1 Maccabees 10:37-39

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁷ Let some of them be stationed in the great strongholds of the king, and let some of them be put in positions of trust in the kingdom. Let their officers and leaders be of their own number, and let them live by their own laws, just as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.

³⁸ “As for the three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samar′ia, let them be so annexed to Judea that they are considered to be under one ruler and obey no other authority but the high priest. ³⁹ Ptolema′is and the land adjoining it I have given as a gift to the sanctuary in Jerusalem, to meet the necessary expenses of the sanctuary.