1 Maccabees 14:20
“And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent: The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, vnto Simon the high Priest, and the Elders and Priestes, and residue of the people of the Iewes, our brethren, send greeting.”
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1 Maccabees 14:20 Context
18They wrote vnto him in tables of brasse, to renew the friendship & league which they had made with Iudas and Ionathan his brethren: 19Which writings were read before the Congregation at Ierusalem. 20And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent: The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, vnto Simon the high Priest, and the Elders and Priestes, and residue of the people of the Iewes, our brethren, send greeting. 21The Embassadors that were sent vnto our people, certified vs of your glory and honour, wherefore we were glad of their comming, 22And did register the things that they spake, in the counsell of the people, in this maner: Numenius sonne of Antiochus, and Antipater sonne of Iason, the Iewes Embassadours, came vnto vs, to renew the friendship they had with vs.
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And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent; The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and the elders, and priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting:
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