1 Maccabees 10:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 When King Demetrius heard of it, he mustered a very large army and marched out to engage him in battle. 3 Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan written in peaceful terms, to exalt him; 4 for he said: “Let us be the first to make peace with him, before he makes peace with Alexander against us,
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