Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and suspecting it to be a reproachful speech, whilst the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with oaths, that he would make him both a rich and a happy man, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers; and that also he would take him for his friend, and trust him with affairs.
Antiochus, feeling that he was being mocked and suspecting an insult in her words, while the youngest son was still alive, not only urged him with words but even swore oaths, promising to make him rich and prosperous if he would abandon the ways of his ancestors, and that he would treat him as a friend and give him public office.
