24
They also sent a copy of these things to Simon the high priest.
25
Antiochus the king besieged Dor anew, continually throwing his forces against it and making engines of war; and he shut Trypho up and kept him from going out or in.
26
And Simon sent to Antiochus two thousand picked men, to fight for him, and silver and gold and much military equipment.
27
But he refused to receive them, and he broke all the agreements he formerly had made with Simon, and became estranged from him.
28
He sent to him Athenobius, one of his friends, to confer with him, saying, "You hold control of Joppa and Gazara and the citadel in Jerusalem; they are cities of my kingdom.
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