3 They went to Rome, entered into the senate house, and said, “Jonathan the high priest and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew for them the friendship and the alliance, as in former time.” (WEB) 4 They gave them letters to the men in every place, that they should provide safe conduct for them on their way to the land of Judah. (WEB) 5 This is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: (WEB)
1 Maccabees 12:3–5
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1 Maccabees 11:28–30
28 And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, along with the three provinces and the country of Samaria, and promised him three hundred talents. (WEB) 29 The king consented, and wrote letters to Jonathan concerning all these things as f… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 12:18–20
18 And now you will do well if you give us a reply.” (WEB) 19 And this is the copy of the letters which they sent to Onias: (WEB) 20 “Arius king of the Spartans to Onias the chief priest, greetings. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 11:33–35
33 Farewell. Written in the one hundred forty-eighth year, on the fifteenth day of Xanthicus.” (WEB) 34 The Romans also sent to them a letter in these words: “Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the Jews, greetings. (WEB) 35 In regard to th… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 15:23–25
23 to all the countries, to Sampsames, to the Spartans, to Delos, to Myndos, to Sicyon, to Caria, to Samos, to Pamphylia, to Lycia, to Halicarnassus, to Rhodes, to Phaselis, to Cos, to Side, to Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus, and Cyrene. (WEB) 24 They also wrote this cop… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 15:16–18
16 “Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greetings. (WEB) 17 The Jews’ ambassadors came to us as our friends and allies, to renew the old friendship and alliance, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews. (WEB) 18 Moreover they brought a shie… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:24–26
24 I also will write to them words of encouragement and of honor and of gifts, that they may be with me to aid me.” (WEB) 25 So he sent to them this message: “King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greetings. (WEB) 26 Since as you have kept your covenants with us, and continued… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:17–19
17 But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his place, and ruled the country and the cities in it, (WEB) 18 they wrote to him on brass tablets to renew with him the friendship and the alliance which they had confirmed with his brothers Juda… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 8:21–23
21 This thing was pleasing to them. (WEB) 22 This is the copy of the writing which they wrote back again on tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of peace and alliance: (WEB) 23 “Good success be to the Romans, and to the nation of t… (WEB)
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