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Capture of Demetrius

14 In the one hundred and seventy-second year[a] King Demetrius assembled his forces and marched into Media to obtain help, so that he could make war against Trypho. When King Arsaces of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius had invaded his territory, he sent one of his generals to take him alive. The general[b] went and defeated the army of Demetrius, and seized him and took him to Arsaces, who put him under guard.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 14:1 140 bc
  2. 1 Maccabees 14:3 Gk He

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