1 Maccabees 14:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴ The land^[b] had rest all the days of Simon.
    He sought the good of his nation;
his rule was pleasing to them,
    as was the honour shown him, all his days.
⁵ To crown all his honours he took Joppa for a harbour,
    and opened a way to the isles of the sea.