1 Maccabees 11:57-59

Common English Bible

⁵⁷ Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, “I confirm you in the high priesthood, set you over the four districts, and make you one of the king’s chief political advisors.”^[a]

⁵⁸ He also sent him gold plates and table utensils, and granted him the right to drink from gold cups, dress in purple, and wear a gold buckle. ⁵⁹ He appointed Jonathan’s brother Simon governor from the peaks of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.