The Last Days of Antiochus Epiphanes

6 King Antiochus was going through the upper provinces when he heard that Elymais in Persia was a city famed for its wealth in silver and gold.^{(A) 2} Its temple was very rich, containing golden shields, breastplates, and weapons left there by Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian king who first reigned over the Greeks.^{(B) 3} So he came and tried to take the city and plunder it, but he could not because his plan had become known to the citizens,^{(C) 4} and they withstood him in battle. So he fled and in great disappointment left there to return to Babylon.

² He had entered the city called Persepolis and attempted to rob the temples and control the city. Therefore the people rushed to the rescue with arms, and Antiochus and his army were defeated,^[a] with the result that Antiochus was put to flight by the inhabitants and beat a shameful retreat.^(A)