1 Maccabees 12:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ We have chosen therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans to renew with them the former amity and alliance.

¹⁷ And we have commanded them to go also to you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters, concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.

¹⁸ And now you shall do well to give us an answer hereto.