Antiochus III 'the Great'

Description

Seleucid king (r. 222-187 BC) who took Coele-Syria and Judea from the Ptolemies after Panium (200 BC); confirmed Jewish privileges around the temple.

Relationships

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Antiochus IV Epiphanes

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Intertestamental

Antiochus III 'the Great'

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Intertestamental

Seleucus IV Philopator

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Intertestamental

Antiochus V Eupator

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Intertestamental

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Notes

Identified with the 'king of the north' references in Daniel 11.