43. Now therefore you shall do well, if you send me men who shall fight for me; for all my forces are revolted.
44. And Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch: and they came to the king, and the king was glad at their coming.
45. And they of the city gathered themselves together into the midst of the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand men, and they were minded to kill the king.
46. And the king fled into the court of the palace, and they of the city seized the passages of the city, and began to fight.
47. And the king called the Jews to help him, and they were gathered together to him all at once, and they dispersed themselves in the city, and killed that day to the number of a hundred thousand.
48. And they set the city on fire, and got many spoils that day, and saved the king.
49. And they of the city saw that the Jews had made themselves masters of the city as they would, and they waxed faint in their hearts, and they cried out to the king with supplication, saying,
50. Give us your right hand, and let the Jews cease from fighting against us and the city.
51. And they cast away their arms, and made peace; and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and before all that were in his kingdom; and they returned to Jerusalem, having many spoils.
52. And king Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.
53. And he lied in all that he spoke, and estranged himself from Jonathan, and recompensed him not according to the benefits with which he had recompensed him, and afflicted him exceedingly.
54. Now after this Tryphon returned, and with him the young child Antiochus; and he reigned, and put on a diadem.
55. And there were gathered to him all the forces which Demetrius had sent away with disgrace, and they fought against him, and he fled and was put to the rout.
56. And Tryphon took the elephants, and became master of Antioch.
57. And the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, I confirm to you the high priesthood, and appoint you over the four governments, and to be one of the king’s Friends.