1 Maccabees 12:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

12 And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose certain men and sent them to Rome, to confirm and to renew the amity with them:

² And he sent letters to the Spartans, and to other places according to the same form.

³ And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance as it was before.