1 Maccabees 14:23
Source: Septuagint
23And it pleased the people to entertain the men honorably, and to put the copy of their embassage in public records, to the end the people of the Lacedaemonians might have a memorial thereof: furthermore we have written a copy thereof unto Simon the high priest.
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21The ambassadors that were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honor: wherefore we were glad of their coming,
22and did register the things that they spoke in the council of the people in this manner; Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, the Jews’ ambassadors, came unto us, to renew the friendship they had with us.
— 1 Maccabees 14:23 —
24After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight, to confirm the league with them.
25Whereof when the people heard, they said, What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons?