Yet did that Antiochus, who was also called Dionysius, become an origin of troubles again.

This man was the brother of Demetrius, and the last of the race of the Seleucidae.

[3] Alexander was afraid of him, when he was marching against the Arabians; so he cut a deep trench between Antipatris, which was near the mountains, and the shores of Joppa; he also erected a high wall before the trench, and built wooden towers, in order to hinder any sudden approaches.

But still he was not able to exclude Antiochus, for he burnt the towers, and filled up the trenches, and marched on with his army.

And as he looked upon taking his revenge on Alexander, for endeavoring to stop him, as a thing of less consequence, he marched directly against the Arabians, whose king retired into such parts of the country as were fittest for engaging the enemy, and then on the sudden made his horse turn back, which were in number ten thousand, and fell upon Antiochus's army while they were in disorder, and a terrible battle ensued.