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<div class='chapterlabel' id="V0">Chapter 8</div><div class='p'>
<span class="verse" id="V1">1 </span>And Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are valiant men, and have pleasure in all that join themselves to them, and make friends with all such as come to them, <span class="verse" id="V2">2 </span>and that they are valiant men. And they told him of their wars and exploits which they do among the Gauls, and how that they conquered them, and brought them under tribute; <span class="verse" id="V3">3 </span>and what things they did in the land of Spain, that they might become masters of the mines of silver and gold which were there; <span class="verse" id="V4">4 </span>and how that by their policy and persistence they conquered all the place (and the place was exceeding far from them), and the kings that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, until they had discomfited them, and struck them very sore; and how the rest give them tribute year by year: <span class="verse" id="V5">5 </span>and Philip, and Perseus, king of Chittim, and those who lifted up themselves against them, did they discomfit in battle, and conquered them: <span class="verse" id="V6">6 </span>Antiochus also, the great king of Asia, who came against them to battle, having a hundred and twenty elephants, with horse, and chariots, and an exceeding great army, and he was discomfited by them, <span class="verse" id="V7">7 </span>and they took him alive, and appointed that both he and such as reigned after him should give them a great tribute, and should give hostages, and a parcel <span class='add'>of land, to wit, </span> <span class="verse" id="V8">8 </span>the country of India, and Media, and Lydia, and of the goodliest of their countries; and they took them from him, and gave them to king Eumenes: <span class="verse" id="V9">9 </span>and how they of Greece took counsel to come and destroy them; <span class="verse" id="V10">10 </span>and the thing was known to them, and they sent against them a captain, and fought against them, and many of them fell down wounded to death, and they made captive their wives and their children, and plundered them, and conquered their land, and pulled down their strongholds, and plundered them, and brought them into bondage to this day: <span class="verse" id="V11">11 </span>and the residue of the kingdoms and of the isles, as many as rose up against them at any time, they destroyed and made them to be their servants; <span class="verse" id="V12">12 </span>but with their friends and such as relied upon them they stayed friends; and they conquered the kingdoms that were near and those that were far off, and all that heard of their fame were afraid of them: <span class="verse" id="V13">13 </span>moreover, whoever they will to succour and to make kings, these do they make kings; and whoever they will, do they depose; and they are exalted exceedingly: <span class="verse" id="V14">14 </span>and for all this none of them did ever put on a diadem, neither did they clothe themselves with purple, to be magnified thereby: <span class="verse" id="V15">15 </span>and how they had made for themselves a senate house, and day by day three hundred and twenty men sat in council, consulting always for the people, to the end they might be well ordered: <span class="verse" id="V16">16 </span>and how they commit their government to one man year by year, that he should rule over them, and be lord over all their country, and all are obedient to that one, and there is neither envy nor emulation among them. </div><div class='p'> <span class="verse" id="V17">17 </span>And Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to establish friendship and alliance with them, <span class="verse" id="V18">18 </span>and that they should take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks did keep Israel in bondage. <span class="verse" id="V19">19 </span>And they went to Rome (and the way was exceeding long), and they entered into the senate house, and answered and said, <span class="verse" id="V20">20 </span>Judas, who is also <span class='add'>called </span> Maccabaeus, and his kindred, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends. </div><div class='p'> <span class="verse" id="V21">21 </span>And the thing was well-pleasing in their sight. <span class="verse" id="V22">22 </span>And this is the copy of the writing which they wrote back again on tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of peace and confederacy: </div><div class='p'> <span class="verse" id="V23">23 </span>Good success be to the Romans, and to the nation of the Jews, by sea and by land forever: the sword also and the enemy be far from them. <span class="verse" id="V24">24 </span>But if war arise for Rome first, or any of their confederates in all their dominion, <span class="verse" id="V25">25 </span>the nation of the Jews shall help them as confederates, as the occasion shall prescribe to them, with all their heart: <span class="verse" id="V26">26 </span>and to those who make war upon them they shall not give, neither supply, food, arms, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome, and they shall keep their ordinances without taking anything therefore. <span class="verse" id="V27">27 </span>In the same manner, moreover, if war come first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help them as confederates with all their soul, as the occasion shall prescribe to them: <span class="verse" id="V28">28 </span>and to those who are confederates <span class='add'>with their foes </span> there shall not be given food, arms, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome; and they shall keep these ordinances, and that without deceit. <span class="verse" id="V29">29 </span>According to these words have the Romans made a covenant thus with the people of the Jews. <span class="verse" id="V30">30 </span>But if hereafter the one party and the other shall take counsel to add or diminish anything, they shall do it at their pleasure, and whatever they shall add or take away shall be established. <span class="verse" id="V31">31 </span>And as touching the evils which king Demetrius does to them, we have written to him, saying, Wherefore have you made your yoke heavy upon our friends and confederates the Jews? <span class="verse" id="V32">32 </span>If therefore they plead any more against you, we will do them justice, and fight with you by sea and by land. </div><ul class='tnav'>
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