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He began to fear that, as had happened more than once, he would not have enough to cover the expenses and the lavish bounties he had previously been accustomed to make on a larger scale than his predecessors on the throne. (1 Maccabees 3, 30)
He therefore left Lysias, a nobleman and member of the royal family, to manage the royal affairs between the River Euphrates and the Egyptian frontier, (1 Maccabees 3, 32)
making him responsible for the education of his son Antiochus, until he should come back. (1 Maccabees 3, 33)
To him Antiochus made over half his forces, with the elephants, giving him instructions about what he wanted done, particularly with regard to the inhabitants of Judaea and Jerusalem, (1 Maccabees 3, 34)
against whom he was to send a force, to crush and destroy the power of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem, to wipe out their very memory from the place, (1 Maccabees 3, 35)
to settle foreigners in all parts of their territory and to distribute their land into lots. (1 Maccabees 3, 36)
Lysias chose Ptolemy son of Dorymenes, with Nicanor and Gorgias, influential men from among the Friends of the King, (1 Maccabees 3, 38)
and, under their command, despatched forty thousand foot and seven thousand horse to invade the land of Judah and devastate it, as the king had ordered. (1 Maccabees 3, 39)
The entire force set out and reached the neighbourhood of Emmaus in the lowlands, where they pitched camp. (1 Maccabees 3, 40)
Judas and his brothers saw that the situation was going from bad to worse and that armies were camping in their territory; they were also well aware that the king had ordered the people's total destruction. (1 Maccabees 3, 42)
So they said to each other, 'Let us restore the ruins of our people and fight for our people and our sanctuary.' (1 Maccabees 3, 43)
The Assembly was summoned, to prepare for war, to offer prayer and to implore compassion and mercy. (1 Maccabees 3, 44)
