1 Maccabees 12:7
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7 Already in time past a letter was sent to the high priest Onias from Arius, who was king among you, stating that you are our brothers, as the appended copy shows.(A)
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1 Maccabees 14:16
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Diplomacy with Rome and Sparta
16 It was heard in Rome and as far away as Sparta that Jonathan had died, and they were deeply grieved.(A)
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1 Maccabees 14:23
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23 It has pleased our people to receive these men with honor and to put a copy of their words in the public archives, so that the people of the Spartans may have a record of them. And they have sent a copy of this to the high priest Simon.’ ”(A)
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2 Maccabees 5:9
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9 There he who had driven many from their own country into exile died in exile, having embarked to go to the Spartans[a] in hope of finding protection because of their kinship.(A)
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- 5.9 Gk Lacedaemonians
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