1 Maccabees 11:40-42

Good News Translation

⁴⁰ Trypho stayed there for a long time and kept urging Imalkue to hand the boy over to him, so that he could make him king in place of his father. He also told Imalkue about the decrees of Demetrius and how the soldiers hated him.

⁴¹ Jonathan sent a message to King Demetrius asking him to remove his troops from the fort in Jerusalem and from the fortresses in Judea, since they kept harassing the Jews. ⁴² Demetrius replied: I will do what you request, and when the opportunity presents itself, I will bestow upon you and your nation the highest honors.