1 Maccabees 8:21

21 The Romans accepted the proposal,

1 Maccabees 8:21 In-Context

19 After a long and difficult journey, Eupolemus and Jason reached Rome and entered the Senate. They addressed the assembly in these terms:
20 "Judas Maccabeus, his brothers, and the Jewish people have sent us here to make a mutual defense treaty with you, so that we may be officially recorded as your friends and allies."
21 The Romans accepted the proposal,
22 and what follows is a copy of the letter which was engraved on bronze tablets and sent to Jerusalem to remain there as a record of the treaty:
23 "May things go well forever for the Romans and for the Jewish nation on land and sea! May they never have enemies, and may they never go to war!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.