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Antiochus VII Threatens Simon

25 Anti′ochus the king besieged Dor anew,[a] continually throwing his forces against it and making engines of war; and he shut Trypho up and kept him from going out or in. 26 And Simon sent to Anti′ochus two thousand picked men, to fight for him, and silver and gold and much military equipment. 27 But he refused to receive them, and he broke all the agreements he formerly had made with Simon,[b] and became estranged from him.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 15:25 Or on the second day
  2. 1 Maccabees 15:27 Gk him

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