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• "May all go well with the Romans and with the nation of the Jews at sea and on land for ever, and may sword and enemy be far from them. (1 Maccabees 8, 23)

• the nation of the Jews shall act as their allies wholeheartedly, as the occasion may indicate to them. (1 Maccabees 8, 25)

• In the same way, if war comes first to the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall willingly act as their allies, as the occasion may indicate to them. (1 Maccabees 8, 27)

• "And concerning the wrongs which King Demetrius is doing to them we have written to him as follows, `Why have you made your yoke heavy upon our friends and allies the Jews? (1 Maccabees 8, 31)

• "What is this that we have done? Alexander has gotten ahead of us in forming a friendship with the Jews to strengthen himself. (1 Maccabees 10, 23)

• So he sent a message to them in the following words: "King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 10, 25)

• "And now I free you and exempt all the Jews from payment of tribute and salt tax and crown levies, (1 Maccabees 10, 29)

• And every one of the Jews taken as a captive from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom, I set free without payment; and let all officials cancel also the taxes on their cattle. (1 Maccabees 10, 33)

• "And all the feasts and sabbaths and new moons and appointed days, and the three days before a feast and the three after a feast -- let them all be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom. (1 Maccabees 10, 34)

• "Let Jews be enrolled in the king's forces to the number of thirty thousand men, and let the maintenance be given them that is due to all the forces of the king. (1 Maccabees 10, 36)

• "King Demetrius to Jonathan his brother and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. (1 Maccabees 11, 30)

• To the nation of the Jews, who are our friends and fulfil their obligations to us, we have determined to do good, because of the good will they show toward us. (1 Maccabees 11, 33)