1 Maccabees 11:19

19 So Demetrius became king in the year 167.

1 Maccabees 11:19 In-Context

17 Zabdiel the Arab cut off Alexander's head and sent it to Ptolemy.

18 But King Ptolemy died three days later, and his troops in the fortress were killed by the inhabitants of the towns.

19 So Demetrius became king in the year 167.

20 In those days, Jonathan assembled the Judeans to attack the elevated fortress in Jerusalem. They built many engines of war to use against it.

21 Certain renegades who hated their nation went to King Demetrius and told him that Jonathan was attacking the elevated fortress.