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36 settle aliens in all their territory, and distribute their land. 37 Then the king took the remaining half of his troops and departed from Antioch his capital in the one hundred and forty-seventh year.[a] He crossed the Euphra′tes river and went through the upper provinces.

Preparations for Battle

38 Lys′ias chose Ptol′emy the son of Dorym′enes, and Nica′nor and Gor′gias, mighty men among the friends of the king,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 3:37 165 b.c.

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