9. and how they of Greece took counsel to come and destroy them;
10. 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 spoiled them, and conquered their land, and pulled down their strongholds, and spoiled them, and brought them into bondage to this day:
11. 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;
12. but with their friends and such as relied upon them they kept amity; 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:
13. 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:
14. and for all this none of them did ever put on a diadem, neither did they clothe themselves with purple, to be magnified thereby:
15. 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:
16. 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.
17. And Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to make a league of amity and confederacy with them,
18. and that they should take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks did keep Israel in bondage.
19. And they went to Rome (and the way was exceeding long), and they entered into the senate house, and answered and said,
20. Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and his brethren, 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.
21. And the thing was well-pleasing in their sight.