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The Jews, however, aware of the tremendous force of the king's army and their bravery, retreated before them. (1 Maccabees 6, 47)
The king's troops went up to Jerusalem to overtake them, and the king encamped in Judea and around Mount Zion. (1 Maccabees 6, 48)
The king seized Beth-zur and stationed a garrison there to guard it. (1 Maccabees 6, 50)
Meanwhile Philip, to whom King Antiochus during his life had entrusted the education of his son Antiochus to prepare him for the throne, (1 Maccabees 6, 55)
had returned from Persia and Media with the army that had accompanied the king to those regions, and was planning to seize power. (1 Maccabees 6, 56)
This is why Lysias hastily gave orders to depart, saying to the king, the generals of the army and the soldiers, "We are losing strength every day, we are short of food and the place we are besieging is well fortified; we are moreover diverting our attention from the affairs of the kingdom. (1 Maccabees 6, 57)
These words pleased the king and the generals, (1 Maccabees 6, 60)
so the king sent messengers to make peace with the Jews, and the Jews accepted it. When the king and the generals had committed themselves with an oath, the Jews came out of the fortress. (1 Maccabees 6, 61)
The king went up to Mount Zion and when he saw the defenses, he broke his oath and ordered the surrounding wall to be demolished. (1 Maccabees 6, 62)
In the year one hundred and fifty-one, Demetrius the son of Seleucus escaped from Rome. He sailed with a few men to a port of the kingdom where he arrived and proclaimed himself king. (1 Maccabees 7, 1)
And they began accusing their own people before the king, "Judas and his brothers have murdered all your friends and have driven us away from our land. (1 Maccabees 7, 6)
Send one of your trustworthy Friends, to see the havoc they have caused us and our province which belongs to the king. Let him punish all who support them." (1 Maccabees 7, 7)
