“What is signified by Apollonius, the governor of Coelesyria, whom Demetrius sent with an army into Judaea, if not the officers and ministers of earthly power, to whom it is entrusted by their masters to wage war against the faith of Christ and to compel his confessors to blaspheme? These men, unjustly confident in the…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees
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67Furthermore in the; hundred threescore and fifth year came Demetrius son of Demetrius out of Crete into the land of his fathers:
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65So the king honoured him, and wrote him among his chief friends, and made him a duke, and partaker of his dominion.
66Afterward Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness.
— 1 Maccabees 10:67 —
68Whereof when king Alexander heard tell, he was right sorry, and returned into Antioch.
69Then Demetrius made Apollonius the governor of Celosyria his general, who gathered together a great host, and camped in Jamnia, and sent unto Jonathan the high priest, saying,