but Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemee the [son] of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
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2 Maccabees 4:45
But Menelaus, seeing himself now defeated, promised much money to Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, that he might win over the king.
Parallel Translations
But Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
But Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.