1. In the year 151, Demetrius son of Seleucus left Rome and with a few men landed at a town on the Mediterranean coast, where he proclaimed himself king.
2. As he was making his way to the royal palace of his ancestors, the soldiers arrested Antiochus the Fifth and Lysias, planning to take them to Demetrius.
3. When Demetrius heard about it, he said, “I don't want to see them.”
4. So the soldiers killed them, and Demetrius took the throne.
5. Then all the godless traitorous Jews led by Alcimus, who wanted to be High Priest, went to Demetrius.
6. They brought accusations against the other Jews and said, “Judas and his brothers have killed everybody who supported you, and they have driven us out of our country.