Good News Translation
I have heard that you are a brave man who has earned the right to be a friend of the king.

New Revised Standard Version
We have heard about you, that you are a mighty warrior and worthy to be our friend.

Contemporary English Version
I've been told that you are a powerful soldier and the kind of man who deserves to be one of my trusted friends.

New American Bible
We have heard of you, that you are a mighty warrior and worthy to be our friend.

Douay-Rheims Bible
We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and fit to be our friend:

We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and fit to be our friend:

1 Maccabees 10:17
So he wrote a letter, and sent it to him according to these words, saying:

1 Maccabees 10:18
King Alexander to his brother, Jonathan, greetings.

1 Maccabees 10:20
Now therefore, we make thee this day high priest of thy nation, and that thou be called the king's friend, (and he sent him a purple robe, and a crown of gold) and that thou be of one mind with us in our affairs, and keep friendship with us.

1 Maccabees 10:21
Then Jonathan put on the holy vestment in the seventh month, in the year one hundred and threescore, at the feast day of the tabernacles: and he gathered together an army, and made a great number of arms.