1 Maccabees 14:14

14 Simon provided help for all the poor among his people, and guided by the Law of Moses, he eliminated all wicked and lawless men.

1 Maccabees 14:14 In-Context

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.

14 Simon provided help for all the poor among his people, and guided by the Law of Moses, he eliminated all wicked and lawless men.

15 He provided the Temple with splendid furnishings and added a large number of utensils for use in worship.

16 When the news that Jonathan had died reached Rome and Sparta, it brought great sorrow.