1 Maccabees 11:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ Two days later Ptolemy himself died, and the troops he had left in the fortresses were then killed by the local citizens. ¹⁹ So in the year 167^[a] Demetrius the Second became king.

Jonathan Wins the Favor of Demetrius the Second

²⁰ About that time Jonathan gathered the men of Judea to attack the fort in Jerusalem. They built many siege platforms to use in the attack.