3 Maccabees 3:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹² ‘King Ptolemy Philopator to his generals and soldiers in Egypt and all its districts, greetings and good health:

¹³ ‘I myself and our government are faring well. ¹⁴ When our expedition took place in Asia, as you yourselves know, it was brought to conclusion, according to plan, by the gods’ deliberate alliance with us in battle,