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Demetrius II Nicator

IntertestamentalKingdeuterocanonical

Description

Seleucid king (r. 145-138, 129-126 BC); confirmed Jonathan, was captured by the Parthians, and later returned. Confused political backdrop of late Maccabean independence.

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