²⁸ Then Jonathan asked the king to free Judea and the three districts and Samaria from tribute and promised him three hundred talents.^(A)

³⁴ We have confirmed as their possession both the territory of Judea and the three districts of Aphairema and Lydda and Ramathaim;^[a] the latter, with all the region bordering them, were added to Judea from Samaria. To all those who offer sacrifice in Jerusalem we have granted release from^[b] the royal taxes that the king formerly received from them each year, from the crops of the land and the fruit of the trees.^(A)