1 Maccabees 11:40-42

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁴⁰ and insistently urged him to hand Antiochus^[a] over to him, to become king in place of his father. He also reported to Imalkue^[b] what Demetrius had done and told of the hatred that the troops of Demetrius^[c] had for him; and he stayed there for many days.

⁴¹ Now Jonathan sent to King Demetrius the request that he remove the troops of the citadel from Jerusalem, and the troops in the strongholds; for they kept fighting against Israel. ⁴² And Demetrius sent this message back to Jonathan: ‘Not only will I do these things for you and your nation, but I will confer great honour on you and your nation, if I find an opportunity.