1 Maccabees 15:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ And they brought also a shield of gold of a thousand pounds.

¹⁹ It hath seemed good therefore to us to write to the kings, and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries: and that they should give no aid to them that fight against them.

²⁰ And it hath seemed good to us to receive the shield of them.