1 Maccabees 10:19
“We haue heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and meete to be our friend.”
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1 Maccabees 10:19 Context
17Upon this he wrote a letter and sent it vnto him according to these words, saying: 18King Alexander to his brother Ionathan, sendeth greeting: 19We haue heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and meete to be our friend. 20Wherefore now this day we ordaine thee to bee the high priest of thy nation, and to be called the kings friend, (and there withall he sent him a purple robe and a crowne of gold) to take our part, and keepe friendship with vs. 21So in the seuenth moneth of the hundreth and sixtieth yere, at the feast of the Tabernacles, Ionathan put on the holy robe, and gathered together forces, and prouided much armour.
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We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and meet to be our friend.
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