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,
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.