Connected to database DB1 | Antiochus VII (Euergetes) asks for Simon's support.. 1Mace.15.1-14 | KNSB Contents | notes| 15 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 15 1 | Antiochus, the son of Demetrius the king, sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to all the nation; | Antiochus VII (Euergetes) asks for Simon's support.. 1Mace.15.1-14 | |
| 2 | its contents were as follows: "King Antiochus to Simon the hight priest and ethnarch and to the nation of the Jews, greeting. | ||
| 3 | Whereas certain pestilent men have gained control of the kingdom of our fathers, and I intend to lay claim to the kingdom so that I may restore it as it formerly was, and have recruited a host of mercenary troops and have equipped warships, | ||
| 4 | and intend to make a landing in the country so that I may proceed against those who have destroyed our country and those who have devastated many cities in my kingdom, | ||
| 5 | now therefore I confirm to you all the tax remissions that the kings before me have granted you, and release from all the other payments from which they have released you. | ||
| 6 | I permit you to mint your own coinage as money for your country, | ||
| 7 | and I grant freedom to Jerusalem and the sanctuary. All the weapons which you have prepared and the strongholds which you have built and now hold shall remain yours. | ||
| 8 | Every debt you owe to the royal treasury and any such future debts shall be canceled for you from henceforth and for all time. | ||
| 9 | When we gain control of our kingdom, we will bestow great honour upon you and your nation and the temple, so that your glory will become manifest in all the earth." | ||
| 10 | 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. | ||
| 11 | Antiochus pursued him, and he came in his flight to Dor, which is by the sea; | ||
| 12 | for he knew that troubles had converged upon him, and his troops had deserted him. | ||
| 13 | So Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him were a hundred and twenty thousand warriors and eight thousand cavalry. | ||
| 14 | 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. | ||