2 Maccabees 13:22–24

^22vThe king treated with them in ^tBethsura the second time, ^vgave his hand, took theirs, departed, fought with ^aJudas, was overcome; ^23wheard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in ^xAntioch, was desperately bent, ^y[was] confounded, ^zintreated the Jews, submitted himself, and ^zsware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honoured the temple, and dealt kindly with the place, ²⁴and ^aaccepted well of Maccabeus, made him principal governor from ^bPtolemais unto the ^cGerrhenians;