1 Maccabees 14:19-21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁹ And they were read before the assembly in Jerusalem. And this is the copy of the letters that the Spartans sent.

²⁰ The princes and the cities of the Spartans to Simon the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews their brethren, greeting.

²¹ The ambassadors that were sent to our people, have told us of your glory, and honour, and joy: and we rejoice at their coming.