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1 Maccabees 11:53-57 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

53. And he falsified everything whatsoever that he had said. And he alienated himself from Jonathan, and he did not repay him according to the benefits that he had received in tribute from him. And he vexed him greatly.

54. But after this, Trypho returned, and with him was Antiochus, the adolescent boy, and he reigned, and he put a diadem on himself.

55. And there assembled before him all the troops, which Demetrius had dispersed, and they fought against him. And he turned his back and fled.

56. And Trypho took the elephants, and he obtained Antioch.

57. And young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying: "I confirm you in the priesthood, and I appoint you over the four cities, so as to be among the king's friends."