1 Maccabees 15:24-26

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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

Antiochus VII Threatens Simon

²⁵ King Antiochus besieged Dor for the second time, 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 Antiochus^[a] two thousand picked troops, to fight for him, and silver and gold and a large amount of military equipment.