Envió a Atenobio, uno de sus amigos, a negociar con Simón y decirle: «Ustedes están ocupando Jope, Guézer y la ciudadela de Jerusalén, que son ciudades de mi reino.
Furthermore he sent unto him Athenobius, one of his friends, to commune with him, and say, Ye withhold Joppe and Gazara; with the tower that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm.