2 Maccabees 4:44

44 When the king arrived in Tyre, the council of elders sent three men to present the case before him.

2 Maccabees 4:44 In-Context

42 In the end, they wounded many, killed some, and forced all of them to flee. They overpowered and killed the temple plunderer Lysimachus near the treasury.

43 The people brought charges against Menelaus regarding these matters.

44 When the king arrived in Tyre, the council of elders sent three men to present the case before him.

45 But Menelaus, without an ally, promised enough money to Ptolemy, Dorymenes' son, to gain the king's support.

46 So Ptolemy took the king aside into a royal porch area, as though to get some fresh air. He convinced the king to change his mind.