1 Maccabees 12:23-25

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³ we on our part write to you that your cattle and your property belong to us, and ours belong to you. We therefore command that our envoys^[a] report to you accordingly.”

Further Campaigns of Jonathan and Simon

²⁴ Now Jonathan heard that the commanders of Deme′trius had returned, with a larger force than before, to wage war against him. ²⁵ So he marched away from Jerusalem and met them in the region of Hamath, for he gave them no opportunity to invade his own country.