1 Maccabees 7:4

4 So the soldiers killed them, and Demetrius took the throne.

1 Maccabees 7:4 In-Context

2 As he was making his way to the royal palace of his ancestors, the soldiers arrested Antiochus the Fifth and Lysias, planning to take them to Demetrius.

3 When Demetrius heard about it, he said, "I don't want to see them."

4 So the soldiers killed them, and Demetrius took the throne.

5 Then all the godless traitorous Jews led by Alcimus, who wanted to be High Priest, went to Demetrius.

6 They brought accusations against the other Jews and said, "Judas and his brothers have killed everybody who supported you, and they have driven us out of our country.