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2 Maccabees 10:9-11
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 10:9-11
New Catholic Bible
The Acquisition of Religious Freedom[a]
The War against Lysias, Minister of Antiochus V
The Threat to Peace. 9 Such were the circumstances surrounding the death of Antiochus who was called Epiphanes. 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[b] to be in charge of the government as commander-in-chief of Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
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- 2 Maccabees 10:9 A new persecutor comes forth. He is defeated, however, because he threatened the temple. And the people of God celebrate the victory. It is the second part of the Book and takes up the same schema as the first.
- 2 Maccabees 10:11 Lysias is, in fact, named here for the first time in this Book. On the other hand, in 1 Maccabees we find more abundant information about him beginning with 1 Mac 3:32f where he is left by Antiochus IV as tutor of his son.
