“By "toparchies," that is, the leadership of villages or towns, he refers to those places which Demetrius added to Judea from the kingdom of Samaria, about which he relates in what follows, that is, Lydda and Ramatha. For Lydda is a city of Palestine situated on the shore of the great sea, and Ramatha is a city of Sama…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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28Then Jonathan desired the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, as also the three governments, with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.
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26Yet the king entreated him as his predecessors had done before, and promoted him in the sight of all his friends,
27And confirmed him in the high priesthood, and in all the honours that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.
— 1 Maccabees 11:28 —
29So the king consented, and wrote letters unto Jonathan of all these things after this manner:
30King Demetrius unto his brother Jonathan, and unto the nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting: