1 Maccabees 6:54-56

Common English Bible

⁵⁴ Only a few people remained in the sanctuary. The famine was so intense that the others had scattered to their own homes.

Syria offers terms

⁵⁵ Then Lysias heard that King Antiochus, before he died, had appointed Philip to bring up Antiochus his son to be king. ⁵⁶ Philip had returned from Persia and Media with the forces that had gone with the king, and he was trying to seize control of the government.