10 In the hundred threescore and fourteenth year went An-ti´ochus into the land of his fathers: at which time all the forces came together unto him, so that few were left with Tryphon.
11 Wherefore being pursued by king An-ti´ochus, he fled unto Dor, which lieth by the sea side:
12 for he saw that troubles came upon him all at once, and that his forces had forsaken him.
13 Then camped An-ti´ochus against Dor, having with him an hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen.
14 And when he had compassed the city round about, and joined ships close to the town on the sea side, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.
15 In the mean season came Nume´nius and his company from Rome, having letters to the kings and countries; wherein were written these things:
16 Lucius, consul of the Romans unto king Ptol´emy, greeting: