1 Maccabees 12:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ inasmuch as we have the support of Heaven to help us. Therefore, we were delivered from our enemies, and they have been humbled. ¹⁶ And so we have chosen Numenius, the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, and we have sent them to the Romans to renew our former pact of friendship and alliance. ¹⁷ We have also instructed them to visit you and greet you and deliver this letter about the renewal of our pact of family ties.