[5] From the orthography of proper names, and from various expressions used, it is evident that Demetrius used the Septuagint text of the Bible.
[6] Demetrius is not an apologist in the usual meaning: his main focus is patriarchal chronology, and there is no attention given to theological matters.
It is found in Praeparatio Evangelica 9.21.1–19 and deals with the history of Jacob from the time of his emigration to Mesopotamia till his death.
The fourth fragment (Praeparatio Evangelica 9.29.15) gives an account of the sweetening of the water of Marah (Exodus 15–:22–27).
21, 141), who gives the title of Demetrius' chronicles as Περὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ Βασιλέων (On the Kings of Judea).