1 Now in the hundred threescore and twelfth year king Deme´tri-us gathered his forces together, and went into Me´di-a to get him help to fight against Tryphon.
2 But when Ar´sa-ces, the king of Persia and Me´di-a, heard that Deme´tri-us was entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive:
3 who went and smote the host of Deme´tri-us, and took him, and brought him to Ar´sa-ces, by whom he was put in ward.
4 As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his nation in such wise, as that evermore his authority and honor pleased them well.
5 And as he was honorable in all his acts, so in this, that he took Joppa for an haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea,
6 and enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the country,