1 Maccabees 13:37-39

New Catholic Bible

³⁷ We have received the gold crown and the palm branch that you sent, and we are willing to enter into a treaty of peace with you and to write to our officials with instructions to grant you an exemption from the payment of tribute. ³⁸ All of our previous guarantees to you remain in force, and the strongholds that you have built shall remain in your possession. ³⁹ We pardon any errors or offenses committed up to now, and we remit the crown tax that you owe. Moreover, any other tax that formerly was collected in Jerusalem is hereby canceled.