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We have recorded their declarations in the minutes of our public assemblies, as follows, "Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, ambassadors of the Jews, came to us to renew their friendship with us. (1 Maccabees 14, 22)
And it was the people's pleasure to receive these personages with honour and to deposit a copy of their statements in the public archives, so that the people of Sparta might preserve a record of them. A copy was also made for Simon the high priest." ' (1 Maccabees 14, 23)
After this, Simon sent Numenius to Rome as the bearer of a large golden shield weighing a thousand mina, to confirm the alliance with them. (1 Maccabees 14, 24)
Simon next came forward to fight for his nation: spending much of his personal wealth on arming his nation's fighting men and on providing their pay; (1 Maccabees 14, 32)
he is to have personal charge of the sanctuary, and to be obeyed by all; all official documents in the country must be drawn up in his name; and he may assume the purple and may wear golden ornaments; (1 Maccabees 14, 43)
'Furthermore, it is against the law for any member of the public or of the priesthood to contravene any of these enactments or to contest his decisions, or to convene a meeting anywhere in the country without his permission, or to assume the purple or wear the golden brooch; (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
and anyone acting contrary to, or rejecting any article of, these enactments is liable to punishment; (1 Maccabees 14, 45)
intending to make a landing in the country and to hunt down the men who have ruined it and laid waste many towns in my kingdom; (1 Maccabees 15, 4)
Antiochus pitched camp outside Dora with a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men and eight thousand cavalry. (1 Maccabees 15, 13)
Numenius and his companions, meanwhile, arrived from Rome, bringing letters addressed to various kings and states, in the following terms: (1 Maccabees 15, 15)
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)
Simon sent him two thousand picked men to support him in the fight, with silver and gold and plenty of equipment. (1 Maccabees 15, 26)
