1 Maccabees 14:46

46 And all the people agreed to grant Simon the right to act in accord with these decisions.

1 Maccabees 14:46 In-Context

44 "And none of the people or priests shall be permitted to nullify any of these decisions or to oppose what he says, or to convene an assembly in the country without his permission, or to be clothed in purple or put on a gold buckle.

45 Whoever acts contrary to these decisions or nullifies any of them shall be liable to punishment."

46 And all the people agreed to grant Simon the right to act in accord with these decisions.

47 So Simon accepted and agreed to be high priest, to be commander and ethnarch of the Jews and priests, and to be protector of them all.

48 And they gave orders to inscribe this decree upon bronze tablets, to put them up in a conspicuous place in the precincts of the sanctuary,