4 Maccabees 12:5

5 But if you listen to me, you will be my friend, and you will be put in charge over the affairs of the kingdom."

4 Maccabees 12:5 In-Context

3 "You see the result of your brothers' lack of sense. They died in terrible pain because they disobeyed.

4 If you don't obey me, you too will experience horrible torture and die long before your time.

5 But if you listen to me, you will be my friend, and you will be put in charge over the affairs of the kingdom."

6 After giving his advice, Antiochus sent for the boy's mother to take pity on her after she had lost so many sons and so she could persuade her remaining son to obey and save himself.

7 After his mother encouraged him in Hebrew (as we will discuss later),