Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Description

Seleucid king 175–164 BC; the 'little horn' of Daniel 8 and 'contemptible person' of Daniel 11 by traditional reading. Profaned the temple in Jerusalem with a pagan altar (the 'abomination of desolation'), banned circumcision and Sabbath, and provoked the Maccabean revolt.

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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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