35 to wit, that he should send an army against them, to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away their memorial from that place;
36 and that he should place strangers in all their quarters, and divide their land by lot.
37 So the king took the half of the forces that remained, and departed from An´ti-och, his royal city, the hundred forty and seventh year; and having passed the river Euphra´tes, he went through the high countries.
38 Then Lys´i-as chose Ptol´emy the son of Dorym´enes, and Nica´nor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends:
39 and with them he sent forty thousand footmen, and seven thousand horsemen, to go into the land of Judah, and to destroy it, as the king commanded.
40 So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emma´us in the plain country.
41 And the merchants of the country, hearing the fame of them, took silver and gold very much, with servants, and came into the camp to buy the children of Israel for slaves: a power also of Syria and of the land of the Philistines joined themselves unto them.