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LASTHENES.—An officer of high rank, ‘kinsman’ (1Ma_11:31) and ‘father’ (1Ma_11:32) of Demetrius ii. He raised a body of Cretan mercenaries, and enabled Demetrius to land in Cilicia, and wrest the throne of Syria from Alexander Balas (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant. XIII. iv. 3; cf. 1Ma_10:67). When Demetrius was endeavouring to make terms with Jonathan the Maccabæan, he wrote to Lasthenes in favour of the Jews, and forwarded a copy of his letter to the Jewish prince (1Ma_11:29-37).