1. When Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, he again sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judah, along with the right wing of his army.
2. They took the road to Galilee, and camping opposite the ascent at Arbela, they captured it and killed many people.
3. In the first month of the one hundred and fifty-second year, they encamped against Jerusalem.
4. Then they set out for Berea with twenty thousand men and two thousand cavalry.