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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

dem'-o-fon (Demophon): A Syrian general in Palestine under Antiochus V (Eupator) who continued to harass the Jews after covenants had been made between Lysias and Judas Maccabeus (2 Macc 12:2).