1 Maccabees 12:23

23 we on our part write to you that your livestock and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys report to you accordingly."

1 Maccabees 12:23 In-Context

21 It has been found in writing concerning the Spartans and the Jews that they are brothers and are of the family of Abraham.

22 And now that we have learned this, please write us concerning your welfare;

23 we on our part write to you that your livestock and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys report to you accordingly."

24 Now Jonathan heard that the commanders of Demetrius had returned, with a larger force than before, to wage war against him.

25 So he marched away from Jerusalem and met them in the region of Hamath, for he gave them no opportunity to invade his own country.

Footnotes

• [a]. Gk [they]