4 And they rose up in battle, and he fled away from there, and he departed with great sadness, and he returned into Babylon.
5 And someone arrived to report to him in Persia, that those who were in the land of Judah were forced to flee the camp,
6 and that Lysias went forth with a particularly strong army, and he was forced to flee before the face of the Jews, and that they were strengthened by the weapons, and resources, and many spoils which they seized from the camps they demolished,
7 and that they had destroyed the abomination, which he had established on the altar that was in Jerusalem, and that the sanctuary, just as before, had been encircled with high walls, along with Bethzur, his city.
8 And it happened that, when the king heard these words, he was terrified and very moved. And he fell down on his bed, and he fell into feebleness out of grief. For it had not happened to him as he had intended.
9 And he was in that place through many days. For a great grief was renewed in him, and he concluded that he would die.
10 And he called all his friends, and he said to them: "Sleep has withdrawn from my eyes, and I am declining, and my heart has collapsed out of anxiety.