1 Maccabees 8:14

14 And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.

1 Maccabees 8:14 In-Context

12 But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them.
13 That whom they had a mind to help to a kingdom, those reigned: and whom they would, they deposed from a kingdom: and they were greatly exalted.
14 And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.
15 And that they made themselves a senate house, and consulted daily three hundred and twenty men, that sat in council always for the people, that they might do the things that were right.
16 And that they committed their government to one man every year, to rule over all their country, and they all obey one, and there is no envy, nor jealousy amongst them.
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