and with him came Lysias, his guardian and head of the government, each of them commanding a Greek force of one hundred and ten thousand foot soldiers, five thousand three hundred horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and scythed chariots to the number of three hundred.
In context
1In the one hundred and forty-ninth year, news came to Judas and his men that Antiochus Eupator was on his way into Judea with massed troops, 2and with him came Lysias, his guardian and head of the government, each of them commanding a Greek force of one hundred and ten thousand foot soldiers, five thousand three hundred horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and scythed chariots to the number of three hundred. 3Menelaus threw in his lot with them as well and, full of pretense, kept urging Antiochus on — not to save his homeland, but because he expected to be installed in office. 4But the King of kings roused the rage of Antiochus against the villain; and when Lysias showed him to be the root of all the evils, the king ordered him taken to Berea and put to death there, after the custom of the place.
