1 Maccabees 7:1

1 In the one hundred fifty-first year Demetrius son of Seleucus set out from Rome, sailed with a few men to a town by the sea, and there began to reign.

1 Maccabees 7:1 In-Context

1 In the one hundred fifty-first year Demetrius son of Seleucus set out from Rome, sailed with a few men to a town by the sea, and there began to reign.

2 As he was entering the royal palace of his ancestors, the army seized Antiochus and Lysias to bring them to him.

3 But when this act became known to him, he said, "Do not let me see their faces!"

4 So the army killed them, and Demetrius took his seat on the throne of his kingdom.

5 Then there came to him all the renegade and godless men of Israel; they were led by Alcimus, who wanted to be high priest.

Footnotes

• [a] 161 b.c.