It is the duty of the original historian to occupy the ground, to discuss matters from every side, and to take trouble with details,

So the king went hurriedly to settle the trouble, leaving Andronicus, a man of high rank, to act as his deputy.

Menelaus, the cause of all the trouble, he acquitted of the charges against him, while he sentenced to death those unfortunate men who would have been freed uncondemned if they had pleaded even before Scythians.

They killed the commander of Timothy’s forces, a most wicked man, and one who had greatly troubled the Jews.

so that, if anything unexpected happened or any unwelcome news came, the people throughout the realm would not be troubled, for they would know to whom the government was left.

But the King of kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the scoundrel, and when Lysias informed him that this man was to blame for all the trouble, he ordered them to take him to Beroea and to put him to death by the method that is customary in that place.

When this message came to Nicanor, he was troubled and grieved that he had to annul their agreement when the man had done no wrong.