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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 Dor, having with him a 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 placed ships close to the town on the seaside, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.
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In the meantime 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 Ptolemy, 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 pounds.
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It seemed also good to us to receive the shield from them.
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If, therefore, there be any pestilent fellows who 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,