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Whereas certain scoundrels have gained control of the kingdom of our ancestors, and I intend to lay claim to the kingdom so that I may restore it as it formerly was, and have recruited a host of mercenary troops and have equipped warships,
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and intend to make a landing in the country so that I may proceed against those who have destroyed our country and those who have devastated many cities in my kingdom,
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now therefore I confirm to you all the tax remissions that the kings before me have granted you, and a release from all the other payments from which they have released you.
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I permit you to mint your own coinage as money for your country,
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and I grant freedom to Jerusalem and the sanctuary. All the weapons that you have prepared and the strongholds that you have built and now hold shall remain yours.
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Every debt you owe to the royal treasury and any such future debts shall be canceled for you from henceforth and for all time.
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When we gain control of our kingdom, we will bestow great honor on you and your nation and the temple, so that your glory will become manifest in all the earth."
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In the one hundred seventy-fourth year Antiochus set out and invaded the land of his ancestors. All the troops rallied to him, so that there were only a few with Trypho.
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Antiochus pursued him, and Trypho came in his flight to Dor, which is by the sea;
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for he knew that troubles had converged on him, and his troops had deserted him.
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So Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him were one hundred twenty thousand warriors and eight thousand cavalry.