54 When Trypho came back from his visit to Imalkue the Arab, he brought young Antiochus the Sixth with him, and the boy began to rule as king.
55 The soldiers that King Demetrius the Second had sent home now sided with Antiochus and Trypho. They attacked Demetrius, forcing him to run for his life.
56 Trypho captured Demetrius' elephants as well as the city of Antioch.
57 Young King Antiochus wrote a letter to Jonathan, in which he said:I will let you continue as high priest. I have also made you one of my trusted friends and the ruler of the four regions.
58 I am sending you some gold plates and dishes, and I am giving you permission to drink from a gold cup and to wear royal robes and a gold buckle.
59 Your brother Simon is now the ruler of the land from Phoenicia to the Egyptian border.
60 Jonathan left Judea and led his army across the Jordan River. They were going from town to town, when the entire Syrian army arrived and offered to help them fight. So Jonathan took his forces to the town of Askalon, where the people welcomed and honored them.