1 Maccabees 8:31-32

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

³¹ “Concerning the wrongs that King Demetrius is doing to them, we have written to him as follows, ‘Why have you made your yoke heavy on our friends and allies the Jews?^{(A) 32} If now they appeal again for help against you, we will defend their rights and fight you on sea and on land.’ ”