2 Maccabees 11:14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ And promised that he would agree to all things that are just, and that he would persuade the king to be their friend.

¹⁵ Then Machabeus consented to the request of Lysias, providing for the common good in all things, and whatsoever Machabeus wrote to Lysias concerning the Jews, the king allowed of.

¹⁶ For there were letters written to the Jews from Lysias, to this effect: Lysias to the people of the Jews, greeting.