1 Maccabees 6:57-59

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵⁷ Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the king and to the captains of the army: We decay daily, and our provision of victuals is small, and the place that we lay siege to is strong, and it lieth upon us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom.

⁵⁸ Now therefore let us come to an agreement with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation.

⁵⁹ And let us covenant with them, that they may live according to their own laws as before. For because of our despising their laws, they have been provoked, and have done all these things.