1 Maccabees 11:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 The king agreed and wrote a letter to Jonathan about all these matters as follows:
30 (A)“King Demetrius sends greetings to his brother[a] Jonathan and to the Jewish nation. 31 We are sending you, for your information, a copy of the letter that we wrote to Lasthenes[b] our Kinsman concerning you.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 11:30 Brother: this term and “father” in v. 32 are honorific expressions used of the Kinsmen.
- 11:31 Lasthenes: leader of the mercenary troops who had come with Demetrius from Crete. He was now the young king’s chief minister and was apparently responsible for the disastrous policy (v. 38) of disbanding the national army.
Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.