7 and allow you to keep all of the weapons and fortresses you have built. As of today, I will remove all soldiers from Jerusalem and its temple,
8 and you won't be required to repay money you owe the king.
9 As soon as I get my kingdom back, I will make you and your temple prosperous and famous. Then the whole world will know how outstanding you are.
10 In the year 174 of the Syrian Kingdom, Antiochus the Seventh invaded the land of his ancestors. Soon most of Trypho's soldiers deserted and joined the army of Antiochus, leaving Trypho with only a few soldiers.
11 He retreated to the town of Dor on the coast, and Antiochus got ready to attack him there.
12 Trypho was in real trouble now, because he did not have enough troops to fight back.
13 Antiochus led 120,000 soldiers and eight thousand cavalry to Dor