Maccabees 1 chapters14-16

Eulogy of Simon Renewal of alliance with Sparta and with Rome. Letters or Antiochus VI and siege if Dorma. The ambassador returns from Rome to Judah.The alliance with Rome proclaimed. Antiochus VII, besieged Dora, becomes hostiles to simon and sends him a reprimanded. Cedebaeus, governor of the coastal region, harassed Judaea. The victory of Simmon' s sons over Cendebaeus. Simon tragic death at Dok; his sons john succeed him.