1 Maccabees 14:28-30

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁸ in Asaramel,^[a] in the great assembly of the priests and the people and the rulers of the nation and the elders of the country, the following was proclaimed to us:

²⁹ ‘Since wars often occurred in the country, Simon son of Mattathias, a priest of the sons^[b] of Joarib, and his brothers, exposed themselves to danger and resisted the enemies of their nation, in order that their sanctuary and the law might be preserved; and they brought great glory to their nation. ³⁰ Jonathan rallied the^[c] nation, became their high priest, and was gathered to his people.