2 Maccabees 11:28

²⁶Thou shalt do well therefore to send unto them, and grant them peace, that when they are certified of our mind, they may be of good comfort, and ever go cheerfully about their own affairs.

²⁷And the letter of the king unto the nation of the Jews was after this manner: King Antiochus sendeth greeting unto the council, and the rest of the Jews:

— 2 Maccabees 11:28 —

²⁹Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:

³⁰Wherefore they that will depart shall have safe conduct till the thirtieth day of Xanthicus with security.