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1 Maccabees 12:7-9
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 12:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 Quite some time ago a letter was sent to Onias[a] the high priest from Arius your king, stating that you are indeed our brothers, as the attached copy shows. 8 Onias welcomed the envoy with honor and accepted the letter, on which was set forth a clear declaration of alliance and friendship. 9 Although we have no need of such things, inasmuch as we have as a source of encouragement the sacred books[b] in our possession,
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- 1 Maccabees 12:7 The persons seem to be Onias I, high priest (323–290 B.C.), and Arius I, king of Sparta (309–265 B.C.), whose tasks coincided during the period from 309–300 B.C.
- 1 Maccabees 12:9 Sacred books: the law, the prophets, and other books mentioned in the prologue to Wisdom of Ben Sira (v. 1), after 132 B.C.
