1 Maccabees 15:24-26

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁴ They also sent a copy of these things to Simon the high priest.

Antiochus VII Threatens Simon

²⁵ Anti′ochus the king besieged Dor anew,^[a] continually throwing his forces against it and making engines of war; and he shut Trypho up and kept him from going out or in. ²⁶ And Simon sent to Anti′ochus two thousand picked men, to fight for him, and silver and gold and much military equipment.