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After a while, Lysias, the king's tutor and kinsman, who was head of the government, was much displeased at the turn of events, (2 Maccabees 11, 1)
When the men of Maccabeus learned that Lysias had begun laying siege to their strong cities, they prayed to the Lord together with all the people, with tears and lamentations, that the Lord might send a good angel to save Israel. (2 Maccabees 11, 6)
So he sent a messenger to convince them to accept peace with every kind of just condition. And he even promised to persuade the king to make peace with them, too. (2 Maccabees 11, 14)
Maccabeus, thinking of the common good of all, accepted Lysias' offer of peace. And in fact, the king granted all the demands that Maccabeus had presented to Lysias in writing. (2 Maccabees 11, 15)
I have set forth before the king everything that needed his attention; and I have granted everything that was within my competence. (2 Maccabees 11, 18)
The king's letter was as follows: "King Antiochus greets his brother Lysias. (2 Maccabees 11, 22)
This was the king's letter to the Jewish people: "King Antiochus to the Council of Elders and to the Jewish people: greetings! (2 Maccabees 11, 27)
Everything that Lysias, the king's kinsman, has granted you, we also approve. (2 Maccabees 11, 35)
As for the matters about which Lysias considered it necessary to inform the king and take up with him, we ask that you study them carefully and send someone to us at once, so we can explain everything to the king to your advantage, for we are now leaving for Antioch. (2 Maccabees 11, 36)
After these agreements had been concluded, Lysias returned to the king and the Jews began to return to their fields. (2 Maccabees 12, 1)
But the King of kings roused the anger of Antiochus against that wicked man, when Lysias made the king realize that Menelaus was the cause of all the evils. So the king ordered that Menelaus be taken to Berea and executed according to the custom of the place. (2 Maccabees 13, 4)
The king came with a heart full of evil designs, prepared to be more cruel to the Jews, than his father had been. (2 Maccabees 13, 9)
