1. As King Antiochus passed through the eastern provinces, he heard that in Persia there was a city, Elam, famous for its wealth in silver and gold,
2. and that its temple was very rich, containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weapons left there by the first king of the Greeks, Alexander, son of Philip, king of Macedon.
3. He went therefore and tried to capture and loot the city. But he could not do so, because his plan became known to the people of the city
4. who rose up in battle against him. So he fled and in great dismay withdrew from there to return to Babylon.
5. While he was in Persia, a messenger brought him news that the armies that had gone into the land of Judah had been routed;