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And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power.
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But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them.
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That whom they had a mind to help to a kingdom, those reigned: and whom they would, they deposed from a kingdom: and they were greatly exalted.
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And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.
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And that they made themselves a senate house, and consulted daily three hundred and twenty men, that sat in council always for the people, that they might do the things that were right.
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And that they committed their government to one man every year, to rule over all their country, and they all obey one, and there is no envy, nor jealousy amongst them.
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So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Jacob, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to make a league of amity and confederacy with them.
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And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude.
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And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said:
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Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews have sent us to you, to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends.
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And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.