1 Maccabees 3:30-32

Common English Bible

³⁰ He became afraid that he might not have enough funds to provide for his expenses as well as for the gifts that he granted more abundantly than previous kings. ³¹ He was very troubled by this. Then he decided to go to Persia and collect revenues there and raise a large sum of money.

³² The king appointed Lysias, a distinguished man from a royal family, to be in charge of his affairs from the Euphrates River to the Egyptian border.