1 Maccabees 11:24-26

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁴ for he went to the king at Ptolemais, taking silver and gold and clothing and numerous other gifts. And he won his favour. ²⁵ Although certain renegades of his nation kept making complaints against him, ²⁶ the king treated him as his predecessors had treated him; he exalted him in the presence of all his Friends.