1 Maccabees 14:1-9
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1 Now in the hundred threescore and twelfth year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media to get him help to fight against Tryphone.
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2 But when Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius was entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive:
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3 Who went and smote the host of Demetrius, and took him, and brought him to Arsaces, by whom he was put in ward.
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4 As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his nation in such wise, as that evermore his authority and honour pleased them well.
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5 And as he was honourable in all his acts, so in this, that he took Joppa for an haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea,
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6 And enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the country,
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7 And gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazera, and Bethsura, and the tower, out of the which he took all uncleaness, neither was there any that resisted him.
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8 Then did they till their ground in peace, and the earth gave her increase, and the trees of the field their fruit.
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9 The ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of good things, and the young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.