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It has been found in writing concerning the Spartans and the Jews that they are brethren and are of the family of Abraham. (1 Maccabees 12, 21)
He sent spies to their camp, and they returned and reported to him that the enemy were being drawn up in formation to fall upon the Jews by night. (1 Maccabees 12, 26)
"King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 13, 36)
and the people began to write in their documents and contracts, "In the first year of Simon the great high priest and commander and leader of the Jews." (1 Maccabees 13, 42)
On the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred and seventy-first year, the Jews entered it with praise and palm branches, and with harps and cymbals and stringed instruments, and with hymns and songs, because a great enemy had been crushed and removed from Israel. (1 Maccabees 13, 51)
This is a copy of the letter which the Spartans sent: "The rulers and the city of the Spartans to Simon the high priest and to the elders and the priests and the rest of the Jewish people, our brethren, greeting. (1 Maccabees 14, 20)
And what they said we have recorded in our public decrees, as follows, `Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, envoys of the Jews, have come to us to renew their friendship with us. (1 Maccabees 14, 22)
He fortified the cities of Judea, and Beth-zur on the borders of Judea, where formerly the arms of the enemy had been stored, and he placed there a garrison of Jews. (1 Maccabees 14, 33)
He also fortified Joppa, which is by the sea, and Gazara, which is on the borders of Azotus, where the enemy formerly dwelt. He settled Jews there, and provided in those cities whatever was necessary for their restoration. (1 Maccabees 14, 34)
He settled Jews in it, and fortified it for the safety of the country and of the city, and built the walls of Jerusalem higher. (1 Maccabees 14, 37)
For he had heard that the Jews were addressed by the Romans as friends and allies and brethren, and that the Romans had received the envoys of Simon with honor. (1 Maccabees 14, 40)
"And the Jews and their priests decided that Simon should be their leader and high priest for ever, until a trustworthy prophet should arise, (1 Maccabees 14, 41)