Cuando Apolonio hijo de Menesteo fue enviado a Egipto para la coronación del rey Tolomeo Filométor, Antíoco, sospechando que Tolomeo no era favorable a sus intereses, tomó medidas para asegurarse, yendo a Jope y luego a Jerusalén,
Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor, Antiochus, understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety: whereupon he came to Joppe, and from thence to Jerusalem: