# 1 Maccabees 12:17

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-maccabees/12/17
- Book: [1 Maccabees](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-maccabees)
- Chapter: [1 Maccabees 12](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-maccabees/12)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-maccabees#background-and-history
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We commanded them also to go unto you, and to salute and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.