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Chapter 15

Antiochus VII Recognizes Simon’s Titles. Antiochus,[a] the son of King Demetrius, sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to the entire nation. It read as follows:

“King Antiochus sends greetings to Simon, the priest and ethnarch of the Jews, and to the Jewish nation. Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Maccabees 15:1 Antiochus is Antiochus VII Sidetes (so-called because he was reared at Side in Pamphylia), son of Demetrius I, and younger brother of Demetrius II, currently a prisoner of the Parthians. At twenty years of age he left Rhodes to take his brother’s place and drive out Trypho the usurper. He reigned from 138–129 B.C. After his brother’s capture he married Cleopatra III (1 Mac 10:57f; 11:12).