1 Maccabees 15:17
“The Iewes Embassadors our friends and confederates, came vnto vs to renew the old friendship and league, being sent from Simon the high Priest, and from the people of the Iewes.”
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1 Maccabees 15:17 Context
15In the meane season came Numenius, & his company from Rome hauing letters to the kings and countries, wherein were written these things. 16Lucius, Consul of the Romanes, vnto king Ptolomee greeting. 17The Iewes Embassadors our friends and confederates, came vnto vs to renew the old friendship and league, being sent from Simon the high Priest, and from the people of the Iewes. 18And they brought a shield of gold, of a thousand pound: 19We thought it good therefore, to write vnto the kings and countries, that they should doe them no harme, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries, nor yet aide their enemies against them.
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The Jews' ambassadors, our friends and confederates, came unto us to renew the old friendship and league, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews:
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