1 Maccabees 12:22-24

New Catholic Bible

²² And now that we have learned of this, we ask that you write to us with news of your welfare. ²³ We, on our part, affirm that your livestock and your possessions belong to us and that ours belong to you, and we are instructing our envoys to give you a promise to this effect.”

²⁴ Jonathan Thwarts the Syrian Offensive. When Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius had returned to wage war against him with an even larger army than previously,