1. In the one hundred and seventy-second year, King Demetrius assembled his army and marched into Media to obtain help so that he could fight Trypho.
2. When Arsaces, king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had entered his territory, he sent one of his generals to take him alive.
3. The general went forth and attacked the army of Demetrius; he captured him and brought him to Arsaces, who put him under guard.