1 Maccabees 11:38-40

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The Intrigue of Trypho

³⁸ Now when Deme′trius the king saw that the land was quiet before him and that there was no opposition to him, he dismissed all his troops, each man to his own place, except the foreign troops which he had recruited from the islands of the nations. So all the troops who had served his fathers hated him. ³⁹ Now Trypho had formerly been one of Alexander’s supporters. He saw that all the troops were murmuring against Deme′trius. So he went to Imalku′e the Arab, who was bringing up Anti′ochus, the young son of Alexander, ⁴⁰ and insistently urged him to hand Anti′ochus^[a] over to him, to become king in place of his father. He also reported to Imalku′e^[b] what Deme′trius had done and told of the hatred which the troops of Deme′trius^[c] had for him; and he stayed there many days.