53. But there were no food in the sanctuary, because it was the seventh year, and they that fled for safety into Judaea from among the Gentiles had eaten up the residue of the store;
54. and there were but a few left in the sanctuary, because the famine prevailed against them, and they were scattered, each man to his own place.
55. And Lysias heard say, that Philip, whom Antiochus the king, whiles he was yet alive, appointed to nourish up his son Antiochus, that he might be king,