1 Maccabees 15:28-30

New Catholic Bible

²⁸ Antiochus sent Athenobius, one of his Friends, to confer with Simon and say: “You are occupying Joppa and Gazara and the citadel in Jerusalem, cities that are part of my kingdom. ²⁹ You have laid waste their territories, done immense damage to the country, and seized control of many places in my kingdom. ³⁰ Therefore, either hand over the cities you have seized and relinquish the tribute money you have exacted from the places you have conquered beyond the frontier of Judea,