1 Maccabees 15:28
28Furthermore he sent unto him Athenobius, one of his friends, to commune with him, and say, Ye withhold Joppa and Gazera; with the tower that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm.
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26At that time Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to aid him; silver also, and gold, and much armour.
27Nevertheless he would not receive them, but brake all the covenants which he had made with him afore, and became strange unto him.
— 1 Maccabees 15:28 —
29The borders thereof ye have wasted, and done great hurt in the land, and got the dominion of many places within my kingdom.
30Now therefore deliver the cities which ye have taken, and the tributes of the places, whereof ye have gotten dominion without the borders of Judea: