1 Maccabees 8:17-19

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An Alliance with Rome

¹⁷ So Judas chose Eupolemus son of John son of Accos, and Jason son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome to establish friendship and alliance^{(A) 18} and to free themselves from the yoke, for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks was enslaving Israel completely.^{(B) 19} They went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered the senate chamber and spoke as follows:^(C)