24 A copy of the letter was also sent to Simon the High Priest.
25 King Antiochus laid siege to Dor for a second time, keeping it under constant attack. He built siege platforms, and his blockade kept Trypho and his men from going in or out.
26 Simon sent 2,000 well-trained soldiers to help Antiochus, as well as silver and gold and a great deal of equipment.
27 But Antiochus refused to accept them, canceled all the previous agreements that he had made with Simon, and became his enemy.
28 Then Antiochus sent his trusted official Athenobius to negotiate with Simon. He told Simon, “You are occupying Joppa, Gezer, and the fort in Jerusalem, cities that belong to my kingdom.
29 You have devastated those regions and brought great trouble to the country. You have seized control of many places in my kingdom.
30 Now you must hand back these cities that you have captured, and you must give me the tax money that you have taken from places that you occupied outside the territory of Judea.