1 Maccabees 12:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ Jonathan the High Priest, the national council of leaders, the priests, and the rest of the people of Judea, to our brothers in Sparta, greetings. ⁷ At an earlier time, your King Arius sent a letter to our High Priest Onias, stating that our two nations are related, as the attached copy shows. ⁸ Onias received your ambassador with full honors and acknowledged receipt of your letter, which declared our alliance and friendship.