1 Maccabees 15:2
Good News Translation
"King Antiochus to Simon, the High Priest and governor, and to the Jewish nation, greetings.

New Revised Standard Version
its contents were as follows: “King Antiochus to Simon the high priest and ethnarch and to the nation of the Jews, greetings.

Contemporary English Version
It said: King Antiochus sends greetings to the Jewish people and to Simon their high priest and ruler.

New American Bible
which read as follows: “King Antiochus sends greetings to Simon, the high priest and ethnarch, and to the Jewish nation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the contents were these: King Antiochus to Simon, the high priest, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.

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And the contents were these: King Antiochus to Simon, the high priest, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.

1 Maccabees 14:49
And that a copy thereof should be put in the treasury, that Simon, and his sons, may have it.

1 Maccabees 15:1
And king Antiochus, the son of Demetrius, sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon, the priest, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and to all the people:

1 Maccabees 15:3
Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge the kingdom, and to restore it to its former estate; and I have chosen a great army, and have built ships of war.

1 Maccabees 15:4
And I design to go through the country, that I may take revenge of them that have destroyed our country, and that have made many cities desolate in my realm.

Context
1 Maccabees 15
1And king Antiochus, the son of Demetrius, sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon, the priest, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and to all the people: 2And the contents were these: King Antiochus to Simon, the high priest, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. 3Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge the kingdom, and to restore it to its former estate; and I have chosen a great army, and have built ships of war.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 14:49
And that a copy thereof should be put in the treasury, that Simon, and his sons, may have it.

1 Maccabees 15:1
And king Antiochus, the son of Demetrius, sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon, the priest, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and to all the people:

1 Maccabees 15:3
Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge the kingdom, and to restore it to its former estate; and I have chosen a great army, and have built ships of war.

1 Maccabees 15:4
And I design to go through the country, that I may take revenge of them that have destroyed our country, and that have made many cities desolate in my realm.



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1 Maccabees 15:1
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