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Lysias
Open directlySmith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(dissolving), a nobleman of the blood-royal, 1Macc 3:32; 2Macc 11:1, who was entrusted he Antiochus Epiphanes (cir. B.C. 166) with the government of southern Syria and the guardianship of his son Antiochus Eupator. 1Macc 3:32; 2Macc. 10:11. After the death of Antiochus Epiphanes, B.C. 184, Lysias assumed the government as guardian of his son, who was pet a child. 1Macc 6:17. In B.C. 164 he, together with his ward, fell into the hands of Demetrius Soter, who put them both to death. 1Macc 7:2-4; 2Macc 14:2.
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
LY'SIAS. See Claudius.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
dissolving
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
LY'SIAS. See Claudius.