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In the hundred threescore and fourteenth year went Antiochus into the land of his fathers: at
which time all the forces came together unto him, so that few were left with Tryphon.
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Wherefore being pursued by king Antiochus, he fled unto Dora, which lieth by the sea side:
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For he saw that troubles came upon him all at once, and that his forces had forsaken him.
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Then camped Antiochus against Dora, having with him an hundred and twenty thousand men
of war, and eight thousand horsemen.
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And when he had compassed the city round about, and joined ships close to the town on the
sea side, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.
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In the mean season came Numenius and his company from Rome, having letters to the kings
and countries; wherein were written these things:
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Lucius, consul of the Romans unto king Ptolemee, greeting:
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The Jews' ambassadors, our friends and confederates, came unto us to renew the old friendship
and league, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews:
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And they brought a shield of gold of a thousand pound.
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We thought it good therefore to write unto the kings and countries, that they should do them
no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries, nor yet aid their enemies against them.
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It seemed also good to us to receive the shield of them.
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If therefore there be any pestilent fellows, that have fled from their country unto you, deliver
them unto Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their own law.
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The same things wrote he likewise unto Demetrius the king, and Attalus, to Ariarathes, and
Arsaces,
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And to all the countries and to Sampsames, and the Lacedemonians, and to Delus, and Myndus,
and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samos, and Pamphylia, and Lycia, and Halicarnassus, and Rhodus, and
Aradus, and Cos, and Side, and Aradus, and Gortyna, and Cnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.
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And the copy hereof they wrote to Simon the high priest.
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So Antiochus the king camped against Dora the second day, assaulting it continually, and
making engines, by which means he shut up Tryphon, that he could neither go out nor in.
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At that time Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to aid him; silver also, and gold, and
much armour.
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Nevertheless he would not receive them, but brake all the covenants which he had made with
him afore, and became strange unto him.
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Furthermore he sent unto him Athenobius, one of his friends, to commune with him, and say,
Ye withhold Joppa and Gazera; with the tower that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm.
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The borders thereof ye have wasted, and done great hurt in the land, and got the dominion of
many places within my kingdom.
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Now therefore deliver the cities which ye have taken, and the tributes of the places, whereof
ye have gotten dominion without the borders of Judea:
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