1 Maccabees 14:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ But when the Spartans heard that Simon had succeeded his brother as High Priest and that he was in control of the country and its towns, ^18 (A)they engraved on bronze tablets a renewal of the treaty of friendship which they had made with his brothers Judas and Jonathan and sent the tablets to him. ¹⁹ These were read to the assembly in Jerusalem.