34. Now that we have the opportunity, we will hold on firmly to their inheritance.
35. As for Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, they were causing a lot of problems for our people and land. But we’ll give you 5,700 pounds of silver for them." Athenobius didn't say a word.
36. Instead, he returned with great anger and told the king what Simon had said. He also reported on Simon’s wealth and all that he had seen, and the king was enraged.
37. Meanwhile, Trypho escaped on a ship and went to Orthosia.
38. The king made Cendebeus supreme commander of the coastal lands, and he gave him infantry and cavalry.
39. He commanded him to camp against Judea, to secure Kedron and its gates, and to wage war against the people. Then the king went to hunt down Trypho.
40. Cendebeus came to Jamnia and bothered the people. He invaded Judea and killed the prisoners of war.
41. Following the king’s orders, he fortified Kedron. He stationed cavalry and troops there so that they could go out and raid along the roads of Judea.