1 Maccabees 12:12

¹⁰Have nevertheless attempted to send unto you for the renewing of brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers unto you altogether: for there is a long time passed since ye sent unto us.

¹¹We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and other convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as reason is, and as it becometh us to think upon our brethren:

— 1 Maccabees 12:12 —

¹³As for ourselves, we have had great troubles and wars on every side, forsomuch as the kings that are round about us have fought against us.

¹⁴Howbeit we would not be troublesome unto you, nor to others of our confederates and friends, in these wars: