2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 1:7

βασιλεύοντος Δημητρίου ἔτους ἑκατοστοῦ ἑξηκοστοῦ ἐνάτου ἡμεῖς οἱ Ιουδαῖοι γεγράφαμεν ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ θλίψει καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀκμῇ τῇ ἐπελθούσῃ ἡμῖν ἐν τοῖς ἔτεσιν τούτοις ἀφ’ οὗ ἀπέστη Ἰάσων καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας γῆς καὶ τῆς βασιλείας
King James Version (KJV)

What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth year, we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom,

Modern English

In the 169th year, during the reign of Demetrius, we Jews wrote to you in the depths of the trouble that came upon us after Jason and his followers revolted against the holy land and the kingdom.

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