1 Maccabees 10:7-9

Wycliffe Bible

⁷ And Jonathan came into Jerusalem, and read (the) epistles (or read the letter), in (the) hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the high tower.

⁸ And they dreaded with great dread, for they heard, that the king gave him power to gather an host.

⁹ And (the) hostages were betaken to Jonathan, and he yielded them to their fathers and mothers.