other temple for worship but only that at Jerusalem. I bequeath also,
out of my own revenues, yearly, for the expenses about the sacrifices,
one hundred and fifty thousand [drachmae]; and what money is to spare, I
will that it shall be your own. I also release to you those ten
thousand drachmae which the kings received from the temple, because they
appertain to the priests that minister in that temple. And whosoever
shall fly to the temple at Jerusalem, or to the places thereto
belonging, or who owe the king money, or are there on any other account,
let them be set free, and let their goods be in safety. I also give
you leave to repair and rebuild your temple, and that all be done at my
expenses. I also allow you to build the walls of your city, and to erect
high towers, and that they be erected at my charge. And if there be any
fortified town that would be convenient for the Jewish country to have
very strong, let it be so built at my expenses."

4. This was what Demetrius promised and granted to the Jews by this
letter. But king Alexander raised a great army of mercenary soldiers,
and of those that deserted to him out of Syria, and made an expedition
against Demetrius. And when it was come to a battle, the left wing of
Demetrius put those who opposed them to flight, and pursued them a great
way, and slew many of them, and spoiled their camp; but the right wing,
where Demetrius happened to be, was beaten; and as for all the rest,
they ran away. But Demetrius fought courageously, and slew a great
many of the enemy; but as he was in the pursuit of the rest, his horse
carried him into a deep bog, where it was hard to get out, and there it
happened, that upon his horse's falling down, he could not escape being
killed; for when his enemies saw what had befallen him, they returned
back, and encompassed Demetrius round, and they all threw their darts
at him; but he, being now on foot, fought bravely. But at length he
received so many wounds, that he was not able to bear up any longer, but
fell. And this is the end that Demetrius came to, when he had reigned
eleven years, [4] as we have elsewhere related.

CHAPTER 3. The Friendship That Was Between Onias And Ptolemy Philometor;
And How Onias Built A Temple In Egypt Like To That At Jerusalem.

1. But then the son of Onias the high priest, who was of the same
name with his father, and who fled to king Ptolemy, who was called
Philometor, lived now at Alexandria, as we ha