3
Who went and smote the host of Demetrius, and took him, and brought him to Arsaces, by whom he was put in ward.
4
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, as that evermore his authority and honour pleased them well.
5
And as he was honourable in all his acts, so in this, that he took Joppa for an haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea,
6
And enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the country,
7
And gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazera, and Bethsura, and the tower, out of the which he took all uncleanness, neither was there any that resisted him.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.