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'Whereas certain scoundrels have seized control of the kingdom of our fathers, and I propose to claim back the kingdom so that I may re-establish it as it was before, and whereas I have accordingly recruited very large forces and fitted out warships, (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
'I now, therefore, confirm in your favour all remissions of taxes granted to you by the kings my predecessors, as well as the waiving of whatever presents they may have conceded. (1 Maccabees 15, 5)
I hereby authorise you to mint your own coinage as legal tender for your own country. (1 Maccabees 15, 6)
I declare Jerusalem and the sanctuary to be free; all the arms you have manufactured and the fortresses you have built and now occupy may remain yours. (1 Maccabees 15, 7)
All debts to the royal treasury, present or future, are cancelled henceforth in perpetuity. (1 Maccabees 15, 8)
Furthermore, when we have won back our kingdom, we shall bestow such great honour on yourself, your nation and the sanctuary as will make your glory known throughout the world.' (1 Maccabees 15, 9)
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)
knowing that misfortunes were piling up on him and that his troops had deserted him. (1 Maccabees 15, 12)
Antiochus pitched camp outside Dora with a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men and eight thousand cavalry. (1 Maccabees 15, 13)
He laid siege to the city while the ships closed in from the sea, so that he had the city under attack from land and sea, and allowed no one to go in or come out. (1 Maccabees 15, 14)
'The Jewish ambassadors have come to us as our friends and allies to renew our original friendship and alliance in the name of the high priest Simon and the Jewish people. (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
