A paragraph break is appropriate here (so Good News Bible).

Now Alexander the king was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region were in revolt: Alexander was probably in Cilicia to put down support for Demetrius. Cilicia was a district on the southeast coast of Asia Minor. Were in revolt may be rendered “had rebelled against him.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.