18. and that they should take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks did keep Israel in bondage.
19. And they went to Rome (and the way was exceeding long), and they entered into the senate house, and answered and said,
20. Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.
21. And the thing was well-pleasing in their sight.
22. And this is the copy of the writing which they wrote back again on tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of peace and confederacy: