1 Maccabees
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1 Maccabees 14:20
“And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent; The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and the elders, and priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting:”
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1 Maccabees 14:20 Context
17But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his stead, and ruled the country, and the cities therein: 18They wrote unto him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and league which they had made with Judas and Jonathan his brethren: 19Which writings were read before the congregation at Jerusalem. 20And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent; The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and the elders, and priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting: 21The ambassadors that were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honour: wherefore we were glad of their coming, 22And did register the things that they spake in the council of the people in this manner; Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, the Jews' ambassadors, came unto us to renew the friendship they had with us. 23And it pleased the people to entertain the men honourably, and to put the copy of their ambassage in publick records, to the end the people of the Lacedemonians might have a memorial thereof: furthermore we have written a copy thereof unto Simon the high priest.
"And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent; The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and the elders, and priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting:" 1 Maccabees 14:20 KJV Similar Verses Save
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And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent: The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, vnto Simon the high Priest, and the Elders and Priestes, and residue of the people of the Iewes, our brethren, send greeting.
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