1 Maccabees 8:22

22 And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back on tablets of brass and sent to Jerusalem, that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy:

1 Maccabees 8:22 In-Context

20 "Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends."

21 So that matter pleased the Romans well.

22 And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back on tablets of brass and sent to Jerusalem, that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy:

23 "Good success be to the Romans and to the people of the Jews by sea and by land for ever. The sword also and enemy be far from them.

24 If there come first any war upon the Romans or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion,