1 Maccabees 10:16

16 So he said, "Shall we find another such man? Come now, we will make him our friend and ally."

1 Maccabees 10:16 In-Context

14 Only in Beth-zur did some remain who had forsaken the law and the commandments, for it served as a place of refuge.

15 Now King Alexander heard of all the promises that Demetrius had sent to Jonathan, and he heard of the battles that Jonathan and his brothers had fought, of the brave deeds that they had done, and of the troubles that they had endured.

16 So he said, "Shall we find another such man? Come now, we will make him our friend and ally."

17 And he wrote a letter and sent it to him, in the following words:

18 "King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greetings.