1. And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.
2. And to the Spartans, and to other places, he sent letters after the same manner.
3. And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us, to renew for them the friendship and the confederacy, as in former time.
4. And they gave them letters to the men in every place, that they should bring them on their way to the land of Judah in peace.
5. And this is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans: