66 George Dahl, 



Probably it became subject to him for a time after his victory at 

 Paneas in the year 198 B.C/. 



1 MACCABEES 15; AIS'TIQUITIES XIII, 7:2. 



Dor was again besieged in 139-8 B.C., by Antiochus VII 

 (Sidetes). Trypho, who had ruled since his assassination of 

 Antiochus VI (Dionysus) in 142 B.C., and had by his excessive 

 luxury and caprices alienated even his troops, had been obliged to 

 flee before Antiochus Sidetes to Dor for refuge. The siege was 

 raised, however, when Trypho in some way managed to escape 

 from the city. First Maccabees 15 : 10-14; 25-27; 37; 39c reads': 



10. Itovs TtrdpTOV Kot i/SBofxr/KocTTOv Kol iKarodTOv i^XOev 'AvTib^os eis 

 T^v yrjv Ttov Trarepwv avrov, kol (TvrjXdov Trpos avTov Tracrat at Svra/xets, wore 

 6\iyov<i €?vat (Tvv Tpv<l>o)VL. 1 1 . kol eStco^ev avrov 'Avtlo^o<; 6 )8ao"iAeiJSj koI 

 ■^XOev CIS Aw/aa cjtevyoiv Tr]v iirl rrjv daXaacrav. 12. jySei yap on iTndvvrjKTai 

 iir avTov KaKo., Kal dcf>rJKav avTov ai 8wa//.€ts. 13, koX irapeve^aXev Avrt'o^os 

 CTTt Awpa, Kal avv aurw SoiSeKa /xvptaSes dvSpwv TroAe/xccrToiiv Kal oKraKtcr^tAta 

 tTTTTOs. 1 4. Kal eKVKAojcrev rrjv ttoXlv, kuI to ttAowx oltto uaXdcrarj'i avvrjij/av • 

 Kal dvvedXi/Sev rrjv woXiv cltto rrjs yrjs Kal oltto Trj<; 6aXd(T<JYj'i, kuX ovk (.laatu 

 ovBeva eKwopevecrOat koI elcnropevecrOai. 25. Avrto^^os Se 6 ySacriAevs irapevi- 

 (SaXtv CTTt Aoj/aa iv rfj Bevrepa, irpoadywv 8ta TravTos avTy] ras xe'ipa<; Kal 

 fjir))(avds TTOLOvfXi.vo';, Kal crvveKXeLatv rov Tpv<f)Mva tov ticTTTOpevecrdaL Kal cktto- 

 p€v€0'6ai. 26. Kal aTricmiXcv avTw 2t/i.wv otcr^^tAt'ovs dvopas e/cAcKrovs cru/x,- 

 fxa-^(Tai avT<2 kox dpyvpiov koX 'xpvaiov Kal <TK€vr] iKavd. 27. Kai ovk y/^ovXero 

 avTO. Bi^aaOaL, dAAa rjOiTrjaa' Trdvra ocra IuvvWcto avTw to irpoTtpov, kuX 

 rjXXoTpiovTo avTw. 37. Tpvcjuav Bk CyU./3as ei? ttXolov ecf>vy€v eis OpOwaiav. 

 39c. 6 Bk (3a(TLXev<i iBiwKC tov Tpv^fiwva. 



10. "In the one hundred and seventy fourth year (i.e. of the 

 Seleucid era = Oct. 139 B.C. -Oct. 138 B.C.) Antiochus (Sidetes) 

 went forth into the land of his fathers: and all the forces came 

 together to him, so that there were (but) few men with Trypho. 



II. And Antiochus the king pursued him, and he came in his flight 

 to Dor which is by the sea. 12. For he kncM- that evils were 

 gathered together against him, and that his forces had forsaken 



^ Moss in Hast., D.B. I, p. 105, s.v. Antiochus III. 



^ Swete III, pp. 657-9 (A-text) The genuineness of the closing chap- 

 ters of 1 Maccabees has been questioned by Destinon, Wellliausen, and 

 others. For convincing arguments on the other side see Torrey in Enc. Bib., 



III, 2863-5; Ezra Studies, pp. 148 flf. 



