59
We will allow them to follow their own laws and customs as they did before. All this trouble started when we provoked them by abolishing their laws and customs."
60
This recommendation was well received by the king and the officers, so Lysias proposed peace terms to the Jews, and they accepted them.
61
When the king and his officers solemnly agreed to abide by these terms, the Jews came out of their fortress.
62
But when the king entered the Temple area on Mount Zion and saw the strong fortifications, he broke his word and ordered the walls surrounding the Temple to be torn down.
63
Then he hurriedly left and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip in control of the city. The king attacked the city and took it by force.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.