1 Maccabees 8:17
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[Now Judas had heard of the fame of the Romans, that they were powerful and received all who came to them.] So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to establish friendship and alliance with them,[fn]
Footnotes
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The preceding section (8:1-16) contains a description of the Romans that includes numerous factual errors about Roman history and governance, reflecting the limited knowledge of a writer far from Rome. It is not included here. The bracketed text at the beginning of this verse is an editorial summary of verse 1, provided for narrative context.