1 Maccabees 11:50-52

Good News Translation

⁵⁰ him to arrange a truce and stop the Jewish attack. ⁵¹ The rebels threw down their arms and surrendered. The king and everyone in his kingdom now had great respect for the Jews, who returned to Jerusalem with a great deal of loot. ⁵² Demetrius was firmly established as king, and the country was at peace under his rule,