1 Maccabees 13:37-39

Good News Translation

³⁷ I have received the gold crown and the gold palm branch which you sent, and I am prepared to make a peace treaty with you and to instruct our tax officials to grant you exemptions. ³⁸ Our previous agreements with you are confirmed, and the fortresses which you have built are to remain yours. ³⁹ I grant you pardon for treaty violations committed up to the present date, and I release you from payment of the special tax still due and any other taxes that have been collected up to this time in Jerusalem.