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<p> <strong> NUMENIUS. </strong> One of an embassy sent ( <em> c </em> <em> [Note: circa, about.] </em> . b.c. 144) by the [[Jews]] to [[Rome]] and [[Sparta]] ( 1Ma 12:1-18 ). He visited Rome on a similar errand a few years later ( 1Ma 14:24; 1Ma 15:15-24 ). </p>

<p> ''''' nū́ ''''' - ''''' mē´ni ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( Νουμήνιος , <i> ''''' Noumḗnios ''''' </i> ): The son of Antiochus, and [[Antipater]] were the two ambassadors whom [[Jonathan]] sent to the Romans, "to the Spartans, and to other places," after his victory in the plain of [[Hazor]] (Galilee) over the princes of [[Demetrius]] ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 12:1 ff) about 144 BC. Their mission was to confirm and renew the friendship and treaty which had existed from the days of [[Judas]] ( 1 Maccabees 8:17 ff). They were well received and successful, both at [[Rome]] ( 1 Maccabees 12:3 f) and at [[Sparta]] ( 1 Maccabees 12:19 ff; 14:22 f). After the death of Jonathan, the victories of [[Simon]] and the establishment of peace, Simon sent [[Numenius]] on a second embassy to Rome ( 1 Maccabees 14:24 ), again to confirm the treaty and present a golden shield weighing 1,000 <i> minae </i> - apparently just before the popular decree by which Simon was created high priest, leader and captain "for ever" ( 1 Maccabees 14:27 ff), September, 141 BC. The embassy returned in 139 BC, bearing letters from the senate to the kings of Egypt, [[Syria]] and "all the countries," confirming the integrity of [[Jewish]] territory, and forbidding these kings to disturb the Jews, and requiring them also to surrender any deserters ( 1 Maccabees 14:15 ff). See also [[Lucius]]; Schurer, <i> Gesch. des judischen Volkes </i> (3and 4th editions), I, 236,250 f. </p>

<p> (Νουμήνιος ), son of Antiochus, was sent by [[Jonathan]] on an embassy to [[Rome]] (1 [[Maccabees]] 12:16) and [[Sparta]] (12:17) to renew the friendly connections between these nations and the Jews, B.C. cir. 144. It appears that he had not returned from his mission at the death of Jonathan (14:22, 23). He was again despatched to Rome by Simon, B.C. cir. 141 (14:24), where he was well received, and obtained letters in favor of his countrymen, addressed to the various [[Eastern]] powers dependent on the republic, ‘ B.C. 139 (15:15 sq.). See Lucius. </p>