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In the hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from the city of Rome, and came up with a few men into a city of the sea coast, and reigned there.
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And it came to pass, as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army seized upon Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them unto him.
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And when he knew it, he said: Let me not see their face.
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So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom:
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And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: And Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.
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And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land.