1 Maccabees 15:11-12. "Antiochus pursued [Trypho], and he came in his flight to Dor, which is by the sea; for he knew that troubles had converged upon him, and his troops had deserted him."

As with all those who pursue wickedness and do not repent, Trypho eventually found his troubles converging on him and his people deserting him. Trying to flee from these troubles, he ended up hemmed in by the sea on one side and his enemy on the other. After a long time of siege, Trypho eventually escaped, alone, on a ship across the sea (1 Maccabees 15:37), having lost everything, and ultimately committed suicide.

This scene from Trypho's life is a lesson on life and death. Trypho was corrupt, powerful, and proud, attempting to become king of Asia (1 Maccabees 12:39), but in the end, he was reduced to escaping over the sea alone and powerless. We can live our lives for earthly things, like power and glory, and we might get them for a time. But if we live only for them, never trying to detach ourselves from them and letting them rule our lives, they will beget all kinds of troubles for us. These troubles will converge at some point, and we will feel trapped as Trypho was.

Trypho continued to put up a fight in Dor until he eventually escaped with nothing. If we continue to fight for our worldly attachments, even when the troubles they beget have converged on us, we will live the rest of our days like Trypho in Dor: fighting a losing battle until death takes us across the sea with nothing. When we get to the far shore, we will have none of what we were fighting for. Unless we use that journey across the sea as our last chance to repent and fix our eyes on what really matters, we will have nothing but misery awaiting us there, as well. Trypho apparently encountered this misery, and committed suicide, having nowhere left to run from it.