1 Maccabees 8:19
“They went therefore to Rome (which was a very great iourney) and came into the Senate, where they spake and said,”
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1 Maccabees 8:19 Context
17In consideration of these things Iudas chose Eupolemus the sonne of Iohn, the sonne of Accas, and Iason the sonne of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome to make a league of amitie and confederacie with them, 18[And to intreate them] that they would take the yoke from them, for they saw that the kingdome of the Grecians did oppresse Israel with seruitude 19They went therefore to Rome (which was a very great iourney) and came into the Senate, where they spake and said, 20Iudas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Iewes, haue sent vs vnto you, to make a confederacie, and peace with you, and that we might be registred, your confederats and friends. 21So that matter pleased the Romanes well.
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They went therefore to Rome, which was a very great journey, and came into the senate, where they spake and said.
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