1 Maccabees 11:32

32 `King Demetrius unto his father Lasthenes sendeth greeting: 33We are determined to do good for the people of the Jews, who are our friends and keep covenants with us, because of their good will toward us.

1 Maccabees 11:32 In-Context

30 King Demetrius unto his brother Jonathan and unto the nation of the Jews sendeth greeting:

31 We send you here a copy of the letter which we wrote unto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye might see it.

32 `King Demetrius unto his father Lasthenes sendeth greeting: 33We are determined to do good for the people of the Jews, who are our friends and keep covenants with us, because of their good will toward us.

34 Therefore we have ratified unto them the borders of Judea, with the three governments of Apherema and Lydda and Ramathaim (which were added unto Judea from the country of Samaria), and all things appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the yearly payments which the king received from them previously out of the fruits of the earth and of trees.