1 Maccabees 8:19–22

And they went to Rome, and the way was exceeding long; and they entered into the Senate house, and answeredand said: ‘Judas, who is also ⁽called⁽ Maccabaeus, and his brethren, and the whole people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered ⁽as⁽ your confederates and friends.’ And the thing was well-pleasing in their sight. And this is the copy of the writing which they wrote back again on tablets of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of peace and confederacy: