1 Maccabees 12:22

1 Maccabees 12:22 Context

¹⁹And this is the copy of the letters which Oniares sent. ²⁰Areus king of the Lacedemonians to Onias the high priest, greeting: ²¹It is found in writing, that the Lacedemonians and Jews are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham: ²²Now therefore, since this is come to our knowledge, ye shall do well to write unto us of your prosperity. ²³We do write back again to you, that your cattle and goods are our's, and our's are your's We do command therefore our ambassadors to make report unto you on this wise. ²⁴Now when Jonathan heard that Demebius' princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore, ²⁵He removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis: for he gave them no respite to enter his country.

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