2 Maccabees 10:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ Now we will relate what took place under Antiochus Eupator, the son of that godless man, and offer a brief summary of the evils that resulted from his wars. ¹¹ When Eupator succeeded to the throne, he appointed a man named Lysias^[a] to be in charge of the government as commander-in-chief of Coelesyria and Phoenicia. ¹² Ptolemy, who was called Macron, had taken the lead in treating the Jews fairly to atone for the previous injustices that they had suffered, and he endeavored to maintain peaceful relations with them.