11. And king Antiochus followed him as he fled along the sea coast and came to Dora.
12. For he knew that evils had gathered together upon him, and that his troops had forsaken him.
13. And Antiochus took up a position above Dora, with one hundred and twenty thousand men of warfare and eight thousand horsemen.
14. And he encircled the city, and the ships drew near by sea. And they assailed the city by land and by sea, and they permitted no one to go in or out.
15. But Numenius, and those who had been with him, came from the city of Rome, having letters written to the kings and the regions, in which was contained these things:
16. "Lucius, consul of the Romans, to king Ptolemy: greetings.
17. The ambassadors of the Jews, our friends, came to us, to renew the former friendship and alliance, having been sent from Simon, the leader of the priests and the people of the Jews.
18. And they also brought a shield of gold of over a thousand pounds.
19. And so, it was pleasing to us to write to the kings and the regions, that they should do no harm to them, nor fight against them, and their cities, and their regions, and that they should bear no assistance to those fighting against them.
20. And it seemed good to us to receive the shield from them.
21. If, therefore, those who are pestilent have taken refuge with you from their region, hand them over to Simon, the leader of the priests, so that he may give a verdict to them according to their law."
22. These same things were written to king Demetrius, and to Attalus, and to Ariarathes, and to Arsaces,
23. and to all the regions, and to Lampsacus and to the Spartans, and to Delos, and Myndos, and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samos, and Pamphylia, and Lycia, and Halicarnassus, and Cos, and Side, and Aradus, and Rhodes, and Phaselis, and Gortyna, and Gnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.
24. Moreover, they wrote a copy of these things to Simon, the leader of the priests and the people of the Jews.
25. But king Antiochus positioned his camp near Dora a second time, moving his hand against it continually, and making machines of war. And he enclosed Trypho, lest he escape.