2 Maccabees 11:14

14 and persuaded them to settle everything on just terms, promising that he would persuade the king, constraining him to be their friend.

2 Maccabees 11:14 In-Context

12 Most of them got away stripped and wounded, and Lysias himself escaped by disgraceful flight.

13 As he was not without intelligence, he pondered over the defeat that had befallen him, and realized that the Hebrews were invincible because the mighty God fought on their side. So he sent to them

14 and persuaded them to settle everything on just terms, promising that he would persuade the king, constraining him to be their friend.

15 Maccabeus, having regard for the common good, agreed to all that Lysias urged. For the king granted every request in behalf of the Jews which Maccabeus delivered to Lysias in writing.

16 The letter written to the Jews by Lysias was to this effect: "Lysias to the people of the Jews, greetings.

Footnotes

• [a] Meaning of Gk uncertain