1 Maccabees 10:1-8

1 In the one hundred and sixtieth year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, landed and occupied Ptolemais. They welcomed him, and there he began to reign.

2 When Demetrius the king heard of it, he assembled a very large army and marched out to meet him in battle.

3 And Demetrius sent Jonathan a letter in peaceable words to honor him;

4 for he said, "Let us act first to make peace with him before he makes peace with Alexander against us,

5 for he will remember all the wrongs which we did to him and to his brothers and his nation."

6 So Demetrius gave him authority to recruit troops, to equip them with arms, and to become his ally; and he commanded that the hostages in the citadel should be released to him.

7 Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of all the people and of the men in the citadel.

8 They were greatly alarmed when they heard that the king had given him authority to recruit troops.