1 Maccabees 15:16-18

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁶ Lucius, consul, or chief governor, of (the) Romans, to king Ptolemy, health.

¹⁷ (The) Legates, either messengers, of (the) Jews came to us, our friends, renewing the former friendship and fellowship, sent of Simon, (the) prince of priests, and (the) people of (the) Jews. (The ambassadors of the Jews, who be our friends, came to us to renew the former friendship and fellowship, sent from Simon, the high priest, and from the people of the Jews.)

¹⁸ Soothly they brought also a golden shield of a thousand bezants.