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In the one hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus set forth from Rome, sailed with a few men to a city by the sea, and there began to reign.
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As he was entering the royal palace of his fathers, the army seized Antiochus and Lysias to bring them to him.
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But when this act became known to him, he said, "Do not let me see their faces!"
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So the army killed them, and Demetrius took his seat upon the throne of his kingdom.
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Then there came to him all the lawless and ungodly men of Israel; they were led by Alcimus, who wanted to be high priest.
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And they brought to the king this accusation against the people: "Judas and his brothers have destroyed all your friends, and have driven us out of our land.
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Now then send a man whom you trust; let him go and see all the ruin which Judas has brought upon us and upon the land of the king, and let him punish them and all who help them."
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So the king chose Bacchides, one of the king's friends, governor of the province Beyond the River; he was a great man in the kingdom and was faithful to the king.