1 Maccabees 1:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ Subsequently, his officers began to rule, each in his own territory. ⁹ They ruled as kings, and after them their descendants ruled for many years. Together they caused much suffering across the earth.

Antiochus Epiphanes and renegade Jews

¹⁰ From these descendants sprouted a sinful root—Antiochus Epiphanes. He was a son of King Antiochus, and he had been brought up in Rome as a hostage. Antiochus Epiphanes began to rule in the year 137^[a] according to the calendar of the Greek kingdom.