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Or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that ye have done,
and the tributes of the cities, other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight against you
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So Athenobius the king's friend came to Jerusalem: and when he saw the glory of Simon, and
the cupboard of gold and silver plate, and his great attendance, he was astonished, and told him the
king's message.
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Then answered Simon, and said unto him, We have neither taken other men's land, nor holden
that which appertaineth to others, but the inheritance of our fathers, which our enemies had
wrongfully in possession a certain time.
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Wherefore we, having opportunity, hold the inheritance of our fathers.
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And whereas thou demandest Joppa and Gazera, albeit they did great harm unto the people
in our country, yet will we give thee an hundred talents for them. Hereunto Athenobius answered
him not a word;
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But returned in a rage to the king, and made report unto him of these speeches, and of the
glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen: whereupon the king was exceeding wroth.
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In the mean time fled Tryphon by ship unto Orthosias.
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Then the king made Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and gave him an host of footmen and
horsemen,
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And commanded him to remove his host toward Judea; also he commanded him to build up
Cedron, and to fortify the gates, and to war against the people; but as for the king himself, he
pursued Tryphon.
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So Cendebeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people and to invade Judea, and to
take the people prisoners, and slay them.
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And when he had built up Cedrou, he set horsemen there, and an host of footmen, to the end
that issuing out they might make outroads upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded
him.
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Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done.
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Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my
brethren, and my father's house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies
of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
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But now I am old, and ye, by God's mercy, are of a sufficient age: be ye instead of me and my
brother, and go and fight for our nation, and the help from heaven be with you.
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So he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with horsemen, who went out
against Cendebeus, and rested that night at Modin.
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And when as they rose in the morning, and went into the plain, behold, a mighty great host
both of footmen and horsemen came against them: howbeit there was a water brook betwixt them.
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