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'And since King Demetrius has heard that the Romans call the Jews their friends, allies and brothers, (1 Maccabees 14, 38)
Antiochus son of King Demetrius addressed a letter from the Mediterranean Isles to Simon, priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to the whole nation; (1 Maccabees 15, 1)
this was how it read: 'King Antiochus to Simon, high priest and ethnarch, and to the Jewish nation, greetings. (1 Maccabees 15, 2)
Antiochus invaded the land of his ancestors in the year 174 and, since the troops all rallied to him, Trypho was left with few supporters. (1 Maccabees 15, 10)
Antiochus pursued the usurper, who took refuge in Dora on the coast, (1 Maccabees 15, 11)
Antiochus pitched camp outside Dora with a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men and eight thousand cavalry. (1 Maccabees 15, 13)
'Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greetings. (1 Maccabees 15, 16)
The consul sent the same letter to King Demetrius, to Attalus, Ariarathes and Arsaces, (1 Maccabees 15, 22)
Antiochus, meanwhile, from his positions on the outskirts of Dora, was continually throwing detachments against the town. He constructed siege-engines, and blockaded Trypho, preventing movement in or out. (1 Maccabees 15, 25)
But Antiochus would not accept them; instead, he repudiated all his previous agreements with Simon and completely changed his attitude to him. (1 Maccabees 15, 27)
When the King's Friend, Athenobius, reached Jerusalem and saw Simon's magnificence, his cabinet of gold and silver plate and the state he kept, he was dumbfounded. He delivered the king's message, (1 Maccabees 15, 32)
the envoy went back to the king in a rage and reported on Simon's answer and his magnificence, and on everything he had seen, at which the king fell into a fury. (1 Maccabees 15, 36)
