2 Maccabees 10:9-11

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Ptolemy Macron Commits Suicide

⁹ The days of Antiochus Epiphanes had come to an end. ^10 (A)Now we will tell about Antiochus Eupator, the son of this godless man, and give a summary of the evil effects of his wars. ¹¹ When he became king he appointed a man by the name of Lysias to be in charge of the affairs of state and to be chief governor of Greater Syria,