1 Maccabees 1:44

For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda, that they should follow the strange laws of the land,

For the king had sent letters by messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,

The king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land,