1 Maccabees 15:18-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ and have brought a gold shield weighing a thousand minas. ¹⁹ We therefore have decided to write to the kings and countries that they should not seek their harm or make war against them and their cities and their country, or make alliance with those who war against them. ²⁰ And it has seemed good to us to accept the shield from them.