1 Maccabees 11:29-31

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁹ The king consented, and wrote a letter to Jonathan about all these things; its contents were as follows:

³⁰ “King Deme′trius to Jonathan his brother and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. ³¹ This copy of the letter which we wrote concerning you to Las′thenes our kinsman we have written to you also, so that you may know what it says.