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Denounced, in consequence, to Eupator by the Friends of the King, he heard himself called traitor at every turn: for having abandoned Cyprus, which had been entrusted to him by Philometer, for having gone over to Antiochus Epiphanes, and for having shed no lustre on his illustrious office: he committed suicide by poisoning himself. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
Almost immediately afterwards, Lysias, the king's tutor and cousin, chief minister of the realm, much disturbed at the turn of events, (2 Maccabees 11, 1)
to persuade them to accept reasonable terms all round, and promised to compel the king to become their friend. (2 Maccabees 11, 14)
Maccabaeus, thinking only of the common good, agreed to all that Lysias proposed, and whatever Maccabaeus submitted to Lysias in writing concerning the Jews was granted by the king. (2 Maccabees 11, 15)
Anything requiring the king's attention I have put before him; whatever was possible, I have granted. (2 Maccabees 11, 18)
The king's letter ran as follows: 'King Antiochus to his brother Lysias, greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 22)
The king's letter to the Jewish nation was in these terms: 'King Antiochus to the Jewish Senate and the rest of the Jews, greetings. (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
'Whatever Lysias, the king's Cousin, has granted you we also approve. (2 Maccabees 11, 35)
As for the matters he decided to refer to the king, consider them carefully and send someone without delay, if we are to interpret them to your advantage, because we are leaving for Antioch. (2 Maccabees 11, 36)
These agreements once concluded, Lysias returned to the king and the Jews went back to their farming. (2 Maccabees 12, 1)
But the King of kings stirred up the anger of Antiochus against the guilty wretch, and when Lysias made it clear to the king that Menelaus was the cause of all the troubles, Antiochus gave orders for him to be taken to Beroea and there put to death by the local method of execution. (2 Maccabees 13, 4)
The king, then, was advancing, his mind filled with barbarous designs, to give the Jews a demonstration of far worse things than anything that had happened under his father. (2 Maccabees 13, 9)
