1 Maccabees 12:3 (KJV)
So they went unto Rome and entered into the senate and said Jonathan the high priest and the people of the Jews sent us unto you to the end ye should renew the friendship which ye had with them and league as in former time
So they went unto Rome and entered into the senate and said Jonathan the high priest and the people of the Jews sent us unto you to the end ye should renew the friendship which ye had with them and league as in former time