1 Maccabees 10:46-48

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Death of Demetrius

⁴⁶ When Jonathan and the people heard these words, they did not believe or accept them, because they remembered the great wrongs which Deme′trius^[a] had done in Israel and how he had greatly oppressed them. ⁴⁷ They favored Alexander, because he had been the first to speak peaceable words to them, and they remained his allies all his days.

⁴⁸ Now Alexander the king assembled large forces and encamped opposite Deme′trius.