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He surrounded the town, and the ships joined battle from the sea; he pressed the town hard from land and sea, and permitted no one to leave or enter it.
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Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome, with letters to the kings and countries, in which the following was written:
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"Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greetings.
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The envoys of the Jews have come to us as our friends and allies to renew our ancient friendship and alliance. They had been sent by the high priest Simon and by the Jewish people
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and have brought a gold shield weighing one thousand minas.
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