1 Maccabees 6:55–63

⁵⁵At that time ^yLysias heard say, that ^zPhilip (whom Antiochus the king whiles he lived had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, that he might be king) ⁵⁶was returned out of ^aPersia and Media, and the king’s host also that went with him, and that he sought to take unto him the ruling of the affairs. ⁵⁷Wherefore he went in all haste, and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company, We decay daily, and our victuals are but small, and the place we lay siege unto is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us: ⁵⁸now therefore let us be friends with these men, and make peace with them, and with all their nation; ⁵⁹and covenant with them, that they shall live after their laws, as they did before: for they are therefore displeased, and have done all these things, because we ^babolished their laws. ^60cSo the king and the princes ^dwere content: wherefore he sent unto them to make peace; and they accepted thereof. ⁶¹Also the king and the princes made an oath unto them: whereupon they went out of the strong hold. ⁶²Then the king entered into mount Sion; but when he saw the strength of the place, he ^ebrake his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down ^fthe wall round about. ⁶³Afterward departed he in all haste, ^gand returned unto ^hAntiochia, where he found ^zPhilip to be master of the city: so ⁱhe fought against him, and took the city by force.

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