1 Maccabees 14:16 CPDV

¹⁴  And he confirmed all the humble of his people, and he sought the law, and he took away every iniquity and evil.

¹⁵  He glorified the sanctuary, and he multiplied the vessels of the holy places.

¹⁶  And it was heard at Rome, and even in Sparta, that Jonathan had passed away. And they were very sorrowful.

¹⁷  But when they heard that Simon, his brother, had been made high priest in his place, and that he obtained the entire country and the cities in it,

¹⁸  they wrote to him on tablets of brass, so as to renew the friendship and alliance, which they had made with Judas and with Jonathan, his brothers.