1 Maccabees 10:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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, 5 since he will remember all the wrongs we have done to him, his brothers, and his nation.”
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