⁷ Already in time past a letter was sent to the high priest Onias from Arius, who was king among you, stating that you are our brothers, as the appended copy shows.^(A)

²¹ It has been found in writing concerning the Spartans and the Jews that they are brothers and are of the family of Abraham.^(A)

³⁶ “King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greetings.^(A)

⁹ There he who had driven many from their own country into exile died in exile, having embarked to go to the Spartans^[a] in hope of finding protection because of their kinship.^(A)