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1 Maccabees 6:14-16
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 6:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 Then he summoned Philip, one of his Friends, and appointed him ruler over his entire kingdom. 15 He gave him his crown, his robe, and his signet ring, entrusting him with the authority to educate his son Antiochus and train him to be king. 16 King Antiochus died in Persia, in the year one hundred and forty-nine.[a]
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- 1 Maccabees 6:16 The year one hundred and forty-nine: this date technically encompasses September 164 to October 163 B.C. According to a Seleucid list of kings, Antiochus died in November or December of 164 B.C.; the author of 2 Maccabees also implies that Antiochus died before the restoration of the temple at Jerusalem.
