Good News Translation
because a mob of 120,000 had gathered in the city determined to kill him.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the people of the city assembled within the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand, and they wanted to kill the king.

Contemporary English Version
Not long after this, a mob of about 120,000 people tried to kill Demetrius.

New American Bible
The populace, one hundred and twenty thousand strong, massed in the center of the city in an attempt to kill the king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that were of the city assembled themselves together, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand men, and would have killed the king.

And they that were of the city assembled themselves together, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand men, and would have killed the king.

1 Maccabees 11:43
Now, therefore, thou shalt do well if thou send me men to help me: for all my army is gone from me.

1 Maccabees 11:44
And Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch: and they came to the king, and the king was very glad of their coming.

1 Maccabees 11:46
And the king fled into the palace: and they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.

1 Maccabees 11:47
And the king called the Jews to his assistance: and they came to him all at once, and they all dispersed themselves through the city.