1 Maccabees 6:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ Thus Anti′ochus the king died there in the one hundred and forty-ninth year.^{[a] 17} And when Lys′ias learned that the king was dead, he set up Anti′ochus the king’s^[b] son to reign. Lys′ias^[c] had brought him up as a boy, and he named him Eu′pator.

Renewed Attacks from Syria

¹⁸ Now the men in the citadel kept hemming Israel in around the sanctuary. They were trying in every way to harm them and strengthen the Gentiles.