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"King Demetrius sends greetings to Simon the high priest, the friend of kings, and to the elders and the Jewish people. (1 Maccabees 13, 36)
In the year one hundred and seventy-two, King Demetrius assembled his army and marched into Media to obtain help so that he could fight Trypho. (1 Maccabees 14, 1)
When Arsaces, king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had invaded his territory, he sent one of his generals to take him alive. (1 Maccabees 14, 2)
The general went forth and defeated the army of Demetrius; he captured him and brought him to Arsaces, who put him in prison. (1 Maccabees 14, 3)
Consequently, King Demetrius confirmed him in the high priesthood, (1 Maccabees 14, 38)
Antiochus, son of King Demetrius, sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to all the nation, (1 Maccabees 15, 1)
The consul sent similar letters to Kings Demetrius, Attalus, Ariarthes and Arsaces; (1 Maccabees 15, 22)
In the reign of Demetrius, the year one hundred and sixty-nine, we Jews wrote to you during the trouble and violence that overtook us in those years after Jason and his followers had revolted against the holy land and the kingdom, (2 Maccabees 1, 7)
Three years later, Judas and his men learned that Demetrius, son of Seleucus, had sailed into the port of Tripolis with a powerful army and a fleet, (2 Maccabees 14, 1)
So he went to King Demetrius in the year one hundred and fifty-one and presented him with a gold crown and a palm branch, as well as some of the customary olive branches from the temple. On that occasion he kept quiet. (2 Maccabees 14, 4)
But he found an opportunity to further his mad scheme when he was invited to the council by Demetrius and questioned about the dispositions and intentions of the Jews. He replied: (2 Maccabees 14, 5)
When he had said this, the other Friends who were hostile to Judas quickly added fuel to Demetrius' indignation. (2 Maccabees 14, 11)