1 Maccabees 14:23-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²³ And it pleased the people to receive the men honourably, and to put a copy of their words in the public records, to be a memorial to the people of the Spartans. And we have written a copy of them to Simon the high priest.

²⁴ And after this Simon sent Numenius to Rome, with a great shield of gold the weight of a thousand pounds, to confirm the league with them. And when the people of Rome had heard

²⁵ These words, they said: What thanks shall we give to Simon, and his sons?