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1 Maccabees 3:32 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He left Lysias, an honorable man, and one of royal lineage, to be over the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt, "

1 Maccabees 3:32

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30 He was afraid that he wouldn’t have enough as at other times for the charges and the gifts which he used to give with a liberal hand, more abundantly than the kings who were before him.

31 And he was exceedingly perplexed in his mind, and he determined to go into Persia, and to take the tributes of those countries, and to gather much money.

32 He left Lysias, an honorable man, and one of royal lineage, to be over the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt,

33 and to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.

34 He delivered to Lysias half of his forces and the elephants, and gave him charge of all the things that he would have done, and concerning those who lived in Judea and in Jerusalem,

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2 Maccabees 10:11

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"For this man, when he succeeded to the kingdom, appointed one Lysias to be chancellor and supreme governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia."

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1 Maccabees 6:17

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"When Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he had nourished up being young, and he called his name Eupator."

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2 Maccabees 13:26

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"Lysias came forward to speak, made the best defense that was possible, persuaded, pacified, gained their good will, and departed to Antioch. This was the issue of the attack and departure of the king."

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1 Maccabees 6:55

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"Lysias heard that Philip, whom Antiochus the king, while he was yet alive, appointed to raise his son Antiochus to be king,"

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2 Chronicles 9:26

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"He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt."

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"He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,"

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1 Maccabees 3:1

"His son Judas, who was called Maccabaeus, rose up in his place."

1 Maccabees 3:2

"All his kindred helped him, and so did all those who joined with his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of Israel."

1 Maccabees 3:3

"He got his people great glory, and put on a breastplate like a giant, and bound his warlike harness around him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword."

1 Maccabees 3:4

"He was like a lion in his deeds, and like a lion’s cub roaring for prey."

1 Maccabees 3:5

"He hunted and pursued the lawless, and he burned up those who troubled his people."

1 Maccabees 3:6

"The lawless shrunk back for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were very troubled, and deliverance prospered in his hand."

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