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Now in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, King Demetrius gathered his forces together and went into Media to get help to fight against Trypho.
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But when Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive,
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who went and smote the host of Demetrius, and took him and brought him to Arsaces, by whom he was put under guard.
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As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his nation in such wise, that evermore his authority and honor pleased them well.
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And as he was honorable in all his acts, so in this: that he took Joppa for a haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea,
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and enlarged the bounds of his nation and recovered the country,
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and gathered together a great number of captives, and had dominion over Gazara and Beth-zur and the tower, out of which he took all uncleanness, neither was there any who resisted him.
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Then did they till their ground in peace; and the earth gave her increase, and the trees of the field their fruit.