Topic
Lasthenes
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- 1 Maccabees 10:67ISBE
Furthermore in the hundred threescore and fifth year came Demetrius son of Demetrius out of Crete into the land of his fathers:
- 1 Maccabees 11:31ISBE
We send you here a copy of the letter which we did write unto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye might see it.
- 1 Maccabees 11:32ISBE
King Demetrius unto his father Lasthenes sendeth greeting:
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
las'-the-nez (Lasthenes): A highly placed official under King Demetrius II, Nicator. He is called the king's "kinsman" (the King James Version "cousin") and "father" (1 Macc 11:31,32; Josephus, Ant, XIII, iv, 9), but these are to be taken as court titles rather than as denoting blood-relationship. According to Josephus (Ant., XIII, iv, 3) he was a native of Crete, and raised an army for the king when he made his first descent upon the coast, and rendered him ultimately successful in wresting the throne of Syria from Alexander Balas (1 Macc 10:67; Ant, XIII, iv, 3). The letter addressed to Lasthenes indicates that he was probably prime minister or grand vizier of the kingdom.
J. Hutchinson
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.