1 Maccabees 14:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ When the news that Jonathan had died reached Rome and Sparta, it brought great sorrow. 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.