1 Maccabees 14:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ This is a copy of the letter sent by the Spartans: “The rulers and the citizens of Sparta send greetings to Simon the high priest and to the elders, the priests, and the rest of the Jewish people, our brothers. ²¹ The envoys you sent to our people have informed us of your glory and fame, and we were overjoyed to receive them. ²² We have made a record of their report in the archives of our public assembly, as follows: ‘Numenius, the son of Antiochus, and Antipater, the son of Jason, have come to us to reaffirm their friendship with us.