12. for he knew that troubles were come upon him all at once, and that his forces had forsaken him.
13. And Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him a hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horse.
14. And he compassed the city round about, and the ships joined in the attack from the sea; and he vexed the city by land and sea, and suffered no man to go out or in.
15. And Numenius and his company came from Rome, having letters to the kings and to the countries, wherein were written these things:
16. Lucius, consul of the Romans, to king Ptolemy, greeting:
17. The Jews’ ambassadors came to us as our friends and confederates, to renew the old friendship and confederacy, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews:
18. moreover they brought a shield of gold of a thousand pound.
19. It pleased us therefore to write to the kings and to the countries, that they should not seek their hurt, nor fight against them, and their cities, and their country, nor be confederates with such as fight against them.
20. Moreover it seemed good to us to receive the shield of them.
21. If therefore any pestilent fellows have fled from their country to you, deliver them to Simon the high priest, that he may take vengeance on them according to their law.