Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation and what follows is a copy of the letter which was engraved on bronze tablets and sent to Jerusalem to remain there as a record of the treaty: New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance. 1 Maccabees 8:20Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends. 1 Maccabees 8:21 And the proposal was pleasing in their sight. 1 Maccabees 8:23 GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them. 1 Maccabees 8:24 But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions: Context 1 Maccabees 8…21And the proposal was pleasing in their sight. 22And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace, and alliance. 23GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 8:20 Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends. 1 Maccabees 8:21 And the proposal was pleasing in their sight. 1 Maccabees 8:23 GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews by sea, and by land, for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them. 1 Maccabees 8:24 But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions: |