1 Maccabees 14:47DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 47 of 49
"And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all."
In context
45And whosoever shall do otherwise, or shall make void any of these things shall be punished.
46And it pleased all the people to establish Simon, and to do according to these words.
47And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all.
48And they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary, in a conspicuous place:
49And that a copy thereof should be put in the treasury, that Simon and his sons may have it.