1 Maccabees 13:37
Good News Translation
I have received the gold crown and the gold palm branch which you sent, and I am prepared to make a peace treaty with you and to instruct our tax officials to grant you exemptions.

New Revised Standard Version
We have received the gold crown and the palm branch that you sent, and we are ready to make a general peace with you and to write to our officials to grant you release from tribute.

Contemporary English Version
Thank you for the gold crown and the gold palm branch you sent me. I am ready to make a lasting peace by ordering my officials to stop collecting taxes from you.

New American Bible
We have received the gold crown and the palm branch that you sent. We are ready to make a lasting peace with you and to write to our officials to grant you exemption.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The golden crown, and the palm, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a firm peace with you, and to write to the king's chief officers to release you the things that we have released.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The golden crown, and the palm, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a firm peace with you, and to write to the king's chief officers to release you the things that we have released.

1 Maccabees 13:35
And king Demetrius, in answer to this request, wrote a letter in this manner:

1 Maccabees 13:36
King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:

1 Maccabees 13:38
For all that we have decreed in your favour shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.

1 Maccabees 13:39
And as for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it: and the crown which you owed: and if any other thing were taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.

Context
1 Maccabees 13
36King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting: 37The golden crown, and the palm, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a firm peace with you, and to write to the king's chief officers to release you the things that we have released. 38For all that we have decreed in your favour shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 13:35
And king Demetrius, in answer to this request, wrote a letter in this manner:

1 Maccabees 13:36
King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:

1 Maccabees 13:38
For all that we have decreed in your favour shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.

1 Maccabees 13:39
And as for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it: and the crown which you owed: and if any other thing were taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.



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1 Maccabees 13:36
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