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And all that is due to the king, and what should be the king's hereafter, from this present and for ever, is forgiven thee.
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And when we shall have recovered our kingdom, we will glorify thee, and thy nation, and the temple with great glory, so that your glory shall be made manifest in all the earth.
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In the year one hundred and seventy-four Antiochus entered into the land of this fathers, and all the forces assembled to him, so that few were left with Tryphon.
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And king Antiochus pursued after him, and he fled along by the sea coast and came to Dora.
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For he perceived that evils were gathered together upon him, and his troops had forsaken him.
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And Antiochus camped above Dora with a hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen:
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And he invested the city, and the ships drew near by sea: and they annoyed the city by land, and by sea, and suffered none to come in, or to go out.
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And Numenius, and they that had been with him, came from the city of Rome, having letters written to the kings, and countries, the contents whereof were these:
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Lucius the consul of the Romans, to king Ptolemee, greeting.
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The ambassadors of the Jews our friends came to us, to renew the former friendship and alliance, being sent from Simon the high priest, and the people of the Jews.
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And they brought also a shield of gold of a thousand pounds.