1 Maccabees 11:56

56 Trypho captured the elephants and gained control of Antioch.

1 Maccabees 11:56 In-Context

54 After this Trypho returned, and with him the young boy Antiochus who began to reign and put on the crown.

55 All the troops that Demetrius had discharged gathered around him; they fought against Demetrius, and he fled and was routed.

56 Trypho captured the elephants and gained control of Antioch.

57 Then the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, "I confirm you in the high priesthood and set you over the four districts and make you one of the king's Friends."

58 He also sent him gold plate and a table service, and granted him the right to drink from gold cups and dress in purple and wear a gold buckle.

Footnotes

• [a] Gk [animals]