1 Maccabees 13:37-39

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁷ The golden crown, and the palm, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a firm peace with you, and to write to the king's chief officers to release you the things that we have released.

³⁸ For all that we have decreed in your favour, shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.

³⁹ And as for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown which you owed: and if any other thing were taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.