2 Maccabees 11:1LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 1 of 38
"A short time after this Lysias the king’s lieutenant, and cousin, and who had chief charge over all the affairs, being greatly displeased with what had happened,"
In context
1A short time after this Lysias the king’s lieutenant, and cousin, and who had chief charge over all the affairs, being greatly displeased with what had happened,
2Gathered together fourscore thousand men, and all the horsemen, and came against the Jews, thinking to take the city, and make it a habitation of the Gentiles:
3And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other temples of the Gentiles, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year: