Antiochus Epiphanes and Renegade Jews

¹⁰ From them came forth a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; he had been a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the one hundred thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.^(A)

¹⁷ When Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus the king’s^[a] son to reign. Lysias^[b] had brought him up from boyhood; he named him Eupator.^(A)

²⁰ and further the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and his son Eupator,^(A)

²¹ When Apollonius son of Menestheus was sent to Egypt for the coronation^[a] of Philometor as king, Antiochus learned that Philometor^[b] had become hostile to his government, and he took measures for his own security. Therefore upon arriving at Joppa he proceeded to Jerusalem.^(A)

²⁹ And Philip, one of his courtiers, took his body home; then, fearing the son of Antiochus, he withdrew to Ptolemy Philometor in Egypt.^(A)