4 Maccabees 4:22
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that on a report of his death being spread abroad, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had exceedingly rejoiced, and he quickly marched against them.
Greek · Brenton
Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πολεμῶν ἦν κατʼ Αἴγυπ τον Πτολεμαίῳ, ἤκουσέν τε, ὅτι φήμης διαδοθείσης περὶ τιῦ τεθνάναι αὐτὸν, ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα χαίροιεν οἱ Ἱεροσολυμῖται, ταχέως ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἀνέζευξεν.