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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.
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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