ed talents of silver; and
for the harm that ye have done, and the tributes of the cities,
other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight
against you

1 Mac 15:32
So Athenobius the king's friend came to Jerusalem: and when
he saw the glory of Simon, and the cupboard of gold and silver
plate, and his great attendance, he was astonished, and told him
the king's message.

1 Mac 15:33
Then answered Simon, and said unto him, We have neither taken
other men's land, nor holden that which appertaineth to others,
but the inheritance of our fathers, which our enemies had
wrongfully in possession a certain time.

1 Mac 15:34
Wherefore we, having opportunity, hold the inheritance of our
fathers.

1 Mac 15:35
And whereas thou demandest Joppa and Gazera, albeit they did
great harm unto the people in our country, yet will we give thee
an hundred talents for them. Hereunto Athenobius answered him
not a word;

1 Mac 15:36
But returned in a rage to the king, and made report unto him
of these speeches, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he
had seen: whereupon the king was exceeding wroth.

1 Mac 15:37
In the mean time fled Tryphon by ship unto Orthosias.

1 Mac 15:38
Then the king made Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and
gave him an host of footmen and horsemen,

1 Mac 15:39
And commanded him to remove his host toward Judea; also he
commanded him to build up Cedron, and to fortify the gates, and
to war against the people; but as for the king himself, he
pursued Tryphon.

1 Mac 15:40
So Cendebeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people
and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and slay
them.

1 Mac 15:41
And when he had built up Cedrou, he set horsemen there, and
an host of footmen, to the end that issuing out they might make
outroads upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.

1 Mac 16:1
Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what
Cendebeus had done.

1 Mac 16:2
Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John,
and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father's house,
have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies
of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that
we have delivered Israel oftentimes.

1 Mac 16:3
But now I am old, and ye, by God's mercy, are of a sufficient
age: be ye instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for
our nation, and the help from heaven be with you.

1 Ma