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the following letter: "King Antiochus to Simon, high priest and leader, and to the Jewish nation: peace! (1 Maccabees 15, 2)
Since wicked men have seized the kingdom of our fathers, I now intend to recover it and to reestablish it as it was before. I have gathered a very large army and have equipped warships (1 Maccabees 15, 3)
to make a landing in the country and take revenge on those who devastated our land and laid waste many cities in my kingdom. Now, therefore, (1 Maccabees 15, 4)
I confirm in your regard all the tax exemptions and all other privileges granted you by my royal predecessors. (1 Maccabees 15, 5)
I accept the autonomy of Jerusalem and the Holy Place; all the arms you have manufactured as well as the fortresses you have constructed and those you have occupied are yours. (1 Maccabees 15, 7)
And when I have taken possession of my kingdom, I shall bestow great honors on you, your nation and on the Temple, making you famous throughout all the earth." (1 Maccabees 15, 9)
Trypho knew how critical the situation had become for him and that his army had deserted him. (1 Maccabees 15, 12)
Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome, carrying letters addressed to the kings and to the nations in the following terms: (1 Maccabees 15, 15)
The Jewish people sent by the High Priest Simon and by the Jewish people have come to us as our friends and allies to renew our friendship and alliance of old. (1 Maccabees 15, 17)
It is our desire to write to the kings and the peoples that they should not harm the Israelites nor injure them or their cities or their land, nor ally themselves with their aggressors. (1 Maccabees 15, 19)
Now, if some wicked Jews who have fled from their land are in your country, hand them over to the High Priest Simon that he may punish them according to their Law." (1 Maccabees 15, 21)
The same letter was sent to King Demetrius, to Attalus, Ariarathes and Arsaces, (1 Maccabees 15, 22)
