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1 Maccabees 12:4
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4Upon this the Romans gave them letters unto the governors of every place that they should bring them into the land of Judea peaceably.
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2He sent letters also to the Lacedemonians, and to other places, for the same purpose.
3So they went unto Rome, and entered into the senate, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the people of the Jews, sent us unto you, to the end ye should renew the friendship, which ye had with them, and league, as in former time.
— 1 Maccabees 12:4 —
5And this is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Lacedemonians:
6Jonathan the high priest, and the elders of the nation, and the priests, and the other of the Jews, unto the Lacedemonians their brethren send greeting: