2 Maccabees 10:12-14

Revised Standard Version

¹² Ptol′emy, who was called Macron, took the lead in showing justice to the Jews because of the wrong that had been done to them, and attempted to maintain peaceful relations with them. ¹³ As a result he was accused before Eu′pator by the king’s friends. He heard himself called a traitor at every turn, because he had abandoned Cyprus, which Philome′tor had entrusted to him, and had gone over to Anti′ochus Epiph′anes. Unable to command the respect due his office,^[a] he took poison and ended his life.

Campaign in Idumea

¹⁴ When Gor′gias became governor of the region, he maintained a force of mercenaries, and at every turn kept on warring against the Jews.