1 Maccabees 6:54-56

Good News Translation

⁵⁴ The shortage of food had been so severe that many people had scattered to their homes, and only a few men were left in the Temple.

⁵⁵ Meanwhile, Philip, who had been appointed by King Antiochus before his death to educate his son to be king, ⁵⁶ returned from Persia and Media. He had come back with the royal army and planned to take control of the government. When Lysias heard this news,