1 And king Antiochus was journeying through the upper countries; and he heard say, that in Elymais in Persia there was a city renowned for riches, for silver and gold;
2 and that the temple which was in it was rich exceedingly, and that therein were golden shields, and breastplates, and arms, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Greeks, left behind there.
3 And he came and sought to take the city, and to pillage it; and he was not able, because the thing was known to them of the city,
4 and they rose up against him to battle: and he fled, and removed thence with great heaviness, to return to Babylon.
5 And there came one bringing him tidings into Persia, that the armies, which went against the land of Judah, had been put to flight;