“And the death of Antiochus, who was called the Noble, took place as follows, etc. The history of the previous book relates that Antiochus the Noble, when he was about to set out for Persia, appointed Lysias over the royal affairs from the river Euphrates to the river of Egypt, and to act as guardian for Antiochus his…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 2 Maccabees
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9And this was the end of Antiochus, called Epiphanes.
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7Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
8They ordained also by a common statute and decree, That every year those days should be kept of the whole nation of the Jews.
— 2 Maccabees 10:9 —
10Now will we declare the acts of Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the wars.
11So when he was come to the crown, he set one Lysias over the affairs of his realm, and appointed him his chief governor of Celosyria and Phenice.