1 Maccabees 3:32-34

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³² He left Lysias, a distinguished man of royal lineage, in charge of the king’s affairs from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt. ³³ Lysias was also to take care of his son Antiochus until he returned. ³⁴ And he turned over to Lysias^[a] half of his forces and the elephants, and gave him orders about all that he wanted done. As for the residents of Judea and Jerusalem,