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When we gain control of our kingdom, we will bestow great honor upon 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 and seventy-fourth year Antiochus set out and invaded the land of his fathers. All the troops rallied to him, so that there were few with Trypho.
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Antiochus pursued him, and he came in his flight to Dor, which is by the sea;
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for he knew that troubles had converged upon him, and his troops had deserted him.
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So Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him were a hundred and twenty thousand warriors and eight thousand cavalry.
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He surrounded the city, and the ships joined battle from the sea; he pressed the city 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, greeting.
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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 Simon the high priest and by the people of the Jews,
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and have brought a gold shield weighing a thousand minas.
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We therefore have decided to write to the kings and countries that they should not seek their harm or make war against them and their cities and their country, or make alliance with those who war against them.