2 Maccabees 11:1-3

Common English Bible

Lysias and the Jews

11 Lysias, the guardian and relative of the king, was in charge of the government. After a very short time he became extremely displeased at what happened. ² He led eighty thousand troops and all his cavalry against the Jews. He intended to make the city a Greek territory, ³ to make the temple subject to tribute like the sacred sites of other nations, and to put the high priesthood on sale every year.