1 Maccabees 6:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then King Antiochus died there in the year 149. ¹⁷ When Lysias found out that the king had died, he arranged for the king’s son Antiochus, whom he had brought up from childhood, to rule. Lysias named him Eupator.

Renewed attacks from Syria

¹⁸ Meanwhile, the inhabitants of the elevated fortress kept surrounding the Israelites in the sanctuary. They were trying every way they could to harm them and strengthen the Gentiles.