1 Maccabees 10:19-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
19 We have heard about you, that you are a mighty warrior and worthy to be our friend. 20 And so we have appointed you today to be the high priest of your nation; you are to be called the king’s Friend and you are to take our side and keep friendship with us.’ He also sent him a purple robe and a golden crown.
21 So Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the one hundred and sixtieth year,[a] at the festival of booths,[b] and he recruited troops and equipped them with arms in abundance.
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- 1 Maccabees 10:21 152 bc
- 1 Maccabees 10:21 Or tabernacles
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