2 Maccabees 14:19-21

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁹ Therefore he sent Posidonius, Theodotus, and Mattathias to give and receive pledges of friendship. ²⁰ When the terms had been fully considered, and the leader had informed the people, and it had appeared that they were of one mind, they agreed to the covenant. ²¹ The leaders^[a] set a day on which to meet by themselves. A chariot came forward from each army; seats of honour were set in place;