42 wounding many and killing a few, while the rest ran away. The temple robber Lysimachus was killed not far from the temple treasury.
43 Because of what had happened, Menelaus was charged with serious crimes
44 and put on trial in the city of Tyre when King Antiochus arrived there. The Jerusalem council sent three messengers, who testified against him.
45 When Menelaus realized he was going to be punished, he offered a huge bribe to the king's friend Ptolemy, because he wanted Ptolemy to influence the king to say he was innocent.
46 So Ptolemy took Antiochus out on a porch, saying they needed a breath of fresh air. He convinced Antiochus to change his mind
47 and to drop the charges against Menelaus, the cause of the trouble.Afterwards, Antiochus sentenced the three messengers to death. Even the cruelest judge would have freed those men,
48 but Antiochus had them quickly and wrongfully killed. He did this because they had spoken in behalf of Jerusalem, its people, and the sacred dishes that had been stolen.