1 Maccabees 12:3DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 3 of 54
"And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance as it was before."
In context
1And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose certain men and sent them to Rome, to confirm and to renew the amity with them:
2And he sent letters to the Spartans, and to other places according to the same form.
3And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance as it was before.
4And they gave them letters to their governors in every place, to conduct them into the land of Juda with peace.
5And this is a copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: