1 Maccabees 8:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude.

¹⁹ And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said:

²⁰ Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews have sent us to you, to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends.