1 Maccabees 14:1-3

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Capture of Demetrius

14 In the one hundred seventy-second year King Demetrius assembled his forces and marched into Media to obtain help, so that he could make war against Trypho.^{(A) 2} When King Arsaces of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius had invaded his territory, he sent one of his generals to take him alive.^{(B) 3} The general^[a] went and defeated the army of Demetrius and seized him and took him to Arsaces, who put him under guard.^(C)