1 Maccabees 14:20-22

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁰ This is a copy of the letter which the Spartans sent: “The rulers and the city of the Spartans to Simon the high priest and to the elders and the priests and the rest of the Jewish people, our brethren, greeting. ²¹ The envoys who were sent to our people have told us about your glory and honor, and we rejoiced at their coming. ²² And what they said we have recorded in our public decrees, as follows, ‘Nume′nius the son of Anti′ochus and Antip′ater the son of Jason, envoys of the Jews, have come to us to renew their friendship with us.