Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.
Ptolemy immediately chose Nicanor son of Patroclus, one of his closest associates, and sent him out with no fewer than twenty thousand troops drawn from every nation, to wipe out the entire Jewish people, pairing him with Gorgias, a commander with extensive military experience.
