And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia.

“Battle. It is not known whether Elymais belonged to the king. Strabo (16) observes it was very jealous of its liberty, which it maintained against the Persians and the successors of Alexander [the Great]. (Calmet) — Babylonia. At last he returned towards the country of Babylon. But before he arrived, the news of his generals’ bad success in Judea filled him with vexation, and brought on desperate diseases, ver. 8., and 2 Machabees ix. 5. (Worthington) — He intended to pass by the country or city of Babylon, but was prevented by illness on the mountains which divide it from Persia.”