1 Maccabees 7:1

1 In the year 151, Demetrius son of Seleucus left Rome and with a few men landed at a town on the Mediterranean coast, where he proclaimed himself king.

1 Maccabees 7:1 In-Context

1 In the year 151, Demetrius son of Seleucus left Rome and with a few men landed at a town on the Mediterranean coast, where he proclaimed himself king.

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.

Footnotes

• [a] the year 151: [This corresponds to 161 B.C.]