1 Maccabees 15:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ Antiochus encamped opposite Dor with one hundred and twenty thousand infantry and eight thousand cavalry. ¹⁴ He surrounded the town while his ships intensified the blockade from the sea. He thus put pressure on the town from land and sea, and he permitted no one to leave or to enter it.

¹⁵ Rome Issues an Edict in Favor of the Jews. In the meantime, Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome with letters such as this addressed to the various kings and nations: