1 Maccabees 15:15

15 Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome, with letters to the kings and countries, in which the following was written:

1 Maccabees 15:15 In-Context

13 So Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him were a hundred and twenty thousand warriors and eight thousand cavalry.

14 He surrounded the city, and the ships joined battle from the sea; he pressed the city hard from land and sea, and permitted no one to leave or enter it.

15 Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome, with letters to the kings and countries, in which the following was written:

16 "Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greeting.

17 The envoys of the Jews have come to us as our friends and allies to renew our ancient friendship and alliance. They had been sent by Simon the high priest and by the people of the Jews,