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But we have had many troubles and wars on every side, and the kings that are round about us, have fought against us.
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But we would not be troublesome to you, nor the rest of our allies and friends in these wars.
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For we have had help from heaven, and we have been delivered, and our enemies are humbled.
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We have chosen therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans to renew with them the former amity and alliance.