1 Maccabees 8:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ Each year they entrusted to one man the responsibility of governing them and controlling their whole territory. Everyone obeyed this one man, and there was no envy or jealousy among them.

^17 (A)Judas chose Eupolemus, the son of John and grandson of Accos, and Jason son of Eleazar and sent them to Rome to make a treaty of friendship and alliance with the Romans. ¹⁸ He did this to eliminate Syrian oppression, since the Jews clearly saw that they were being reduced to slavery.