1 Maccabees 14:27

27 So then they wrote it on tablets of brass, which they set upon pillars on Mount Zion. And this is the copy of the writing: The eighteenth day of the month of Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being the third year of Simon the high priest,

1 Maccabees 14:27 In-Context

25 When the people heard thereof, they said, What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons?

26 For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and fought and chased away their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.

27 So then they wrote it on tablets of brass, which they set upon pillars on Mount Zion. And this is the copy of the writing: The eighteenth day of the month of Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being the third year of Simon the high priest,

28 in Asaramel, in the great congregation of the priests and people and rulers of the nation and elders of the country, were these things notified unto us:

29 Inasmuch as oftentimes there have been wars in the country for the maintenance of their sanctuary and the law, Simon the son of Mattathias of the posterity of Joarib, together with his brethren, put themselves in jeopardy and, resisting the enemies of their nation, did their nation great honor.