37 Make a copy of this letter and send it to Jonathan. He will put it on God's holy mountain where it can be seen by everyone.”
38 No one opposed King Demetrius the Second, and his kingdom was at peace. So he sent his own soldiers back home and kept only the foreign troops he had hired from the Greek islands. But this made his own soldiers turn against him, because they had fought for many years, first in his father's army and then in his.
39 Trypho had been a follower of Alexander Epiphanes, and when he found out how angry all of Demetrius' troops were, he went to Imalkue the Arab, who was taking care of Antiochus the Sixth, the young son of King Alexander.
40 Trypho stayed with Imalkue a long time and kept begging him to hand over the young boy. He said, “Antiochus should take his father's place as king, because Demetrius has let all of his own soldiers go, and they hate him for it.”
41 Meanwhile, Jonathan sent the following message to Demetrius:Please take your soldiers out of the fortresses around here, especially the one in Jerusalem. They keep attacking us.
42 Demetrius wrote back:Jonathan, of course I will do what you and your people have asked. And I will show great honors to you and your people as soon as I can.
43 For now, please do me a favor and send some troops to help me, because my own soldiers have rebelled.