1 Maccabees 12:23-25

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²³ we on our part write to you that your livestock and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys^[a] report to you accordingly.”^(A)

Further Campaigns of Jonathan and Simon

²⁴ Now Jonathan heard that the commanders of Demetrius had returned with a larger force than before to wage war against him.^{(B) 25} So he marched away from Jerusalem and met them in the region of Hamath, for he gave them no opportunity to invade his own country.