1 Maccabees 12:22-24

Revised Standard Version

²² And now that we have learned this, please write us concerning your welfare; ²³ we on our part write to you that your cattle and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys^[a] report to you accordingly.”

Further Campaigns of Jonathan and Simon

²⁴ Now Jonathan heard that the commanders of Deme′trius had returned, with a larger force than before, to wage war against him.