31
He was greatly perplexed in mind; then he determined to go to Persia and collect the revenues from those regions and raise a large fund.
32
He left Lysias, a distinguished man of royal lineage, in charge of the king's affairs from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt.
33
Lysias was also to take care of his son Antiochus until he returned.
34
And he turned over to Lysias half of his forces and the elephants, and gave him orders about all that he wanted done. As for the residents of Judea and Jerusalem,
35
Lysias was to send a force against them to wipe out and destroy the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem; he was to banish the memory of them from the place,
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