In the hundred and fifty-first year, Demetrius, the son of Seleucus, departed from the city of Rome, and came up with few men into a city of the sea coast, and reigned there. 2And it came to pass as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army seized upon Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them unto him. 3And when he knew it, he said: Let me not see their face. 4So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom: 5And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: and Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest. 6And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land. 7Now, therefore, send some men whom thou trustest, and let him go, and see all the havoc he hath made amongst us, and in the king's lands: and let him punish all his friends and their helpers. 8Then the king chose Bacchides, one of his friends, that ruled beyond the great river in the kingdom, and was faithful to the king: and he sent him, 9To see the havoc that Judas had made: and the wicked Alcimus he made high priest, and commanded him to take revenge upon the children of Israel. 10And they arose, and came with a great army into the land of Juda: and they sent messengers, and spoke to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words, deceitfully. 11But they gave no heed to their words: for they saw that they were come with a great army. 12Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the scribes, to require things that are just: 13And first the Assideans, that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them. 14For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us. 15And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends. 16And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 17The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 18Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. 19And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit. 20Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king. 21But Alcimus did what he could to maintain his chief priesthood. 22And they that disturbed the people resorted to him, and they got the land of Juda into their power, and did much hurt in Israel. 23And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and they that were with him, did to the children of Israel, much more than the Gentiles. 24And he went out into all the coasts of Judea round about, and took vengeance upon the men that had revolted, and they ceased to go forth any more into the country. 25And Alcimus saw that Judas and they that were with him, prevailed: and he knew that he could not stand against them, and he went back to the king, and accused them of many crimes.