1 Maccabees 14:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ And it was heard at Rome, and as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was dead: and they were very sorry.

¹⁷ But when they heard that Simon his brother was made high priest in his place, and was possessed of all the country, and the cities therein:

¹⁸ They wrote to him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and alliance which they had made with Judas, and with Jonathan his brethren.