1 Maccabees 8:17-19

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁷ And Judas chose Eupolemus, the son of John, son of Accos, and Jason, the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, for to ordain with them friendship and fellowship;

¹⁸ and (so) that they should take away from them the yoke of (the) Greeks, for they saw that they oppressed the realm of Israel into servage (or into servitude).

¹⁹ And they went to Rome, a full great way, and they entered into the court, and said,