1 Maccabees 15:26-28

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²⁶ And Simon sent to Antiochus^[a] two thousand picked troops, to fight for him, and silver and gold and a large amount of military equipment. ²⁷ But he refused to receive them and broke all the agreements he formerly had made with Simon and became estranged from him.^{(A) 28} He sent to him Athenobius, one of his Friends, to confer with him, saying, “You hold control of Joppa and Gazara and the citadel in Jerusalem; they are cities of my kingdom.^(B)