9
The young men showed off their splendid military uniforms, while the old men sat around the city squares and talked about the great things that had happened.
10
Simon supplied the cities with food and provided them with weapons of defense. His fame spread everywhere.
11
He brought peace to the country, and Israel's joy knew no bounds.
12
Everyone lived in peace among his own grapevines and fig trees, and no one made them afraid.
13
In those days all the enemy kings had been defeated, and there was no one left in the land to fight the Jews.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.