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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - ANTIOCHUS IV., EPIPHANES
		He was a son of Antiochus the Great, and, after the murder of his brother Seleucus, took possession of the Syrian throne which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius.
		Antiochus had no wish to Hellenize his conquered subjects, but to denationalize them entirely; his Aramean subjects were far from becoming Hellenes simply because they had surrendered their name and some of their Semitic gods.
		Antiochus realized that a serious attempt must be made to put down the rising, but was himself too busily occupied against the Parthians to take personal charge.
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	Antiochus Epiphanes
		Antiochus Epiphanes was a Syrian King that came to power about 175 BC and is the representative forerunner of the Anti-christ soon to appear.
		Epiphanes was met by revolt and the setting up of a small state in which the high priest was the central figure.
		Antiochus Epiphanes represents the type of 'the abomination of desolation' foretold by the prophet Daniel, on the altar of the Lord in the inner court of the Temple.
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	Antiochus IV Epiphanes
		Antiochus IV was the son of Antiochus III Magnus, the sixth of the Seleucid kings.
		Antiochus IV had two key passions which are worthy of note, since they bear on the prophecy: He hated the Jews, and he fancied himself a conqueror in the mold of his father, Antiochus III Magnus ("the Great").
		Antiochus was one of the Seleucids (one of the four horns), and they continued for a century after his death.
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	Antiochus IV Epiphanes Summary
		Antiochus abandoned the policy before his death in Media in 163, but the tide of Asian reaction to Hellenism was rising, and the circle of Syria's enemies was closing in.
		Antiochus said he would discuss it with his council, whereupon the envoy drew a line round him in the sand, and said, "Think about it here." The implication was that, were he to step out of the circle without having first undertaken to withdraw, he would be at war with Rome.
		The reign of Antiochus was a last period of strength for the empire, but in some way it was fatal; since he was an usurper, and left his infant son Antiochus V Eupator as his successor, devastating dynastic wars followed his death.
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	Porphyrius: Comments on Daniel - translation
		Antiochus regarded with contempt the worthlessness of Ptolemaeus Philopator, because Ptolemaeus was enslaved to the harp-player Agathoclea and also kept her brother Agathocles as a catamite, whom he later appointed to be leader of Egypt.
		Antiochus collected an enormous army from the regions east of Babylon, and after the death of Ptolemaeus Philopator he broke the treaty and led his army against Ptolemaeus's son, who was then four years old and was called Ptolemaeus Epiphanes.
		Antiochus, wishing to recover Judaea and numerous cities of Syria, defeated Scopas the general of Ptolemaeus in a battle near the source of the river Jordan, where Paneas is now situated, and penned him up along with 10,000 soldiers in Sidon, where he besieged him.
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	Antiochus IV Epiphanes
		Since the third son of Antiochus III was not in direct line for the Seleucid throne, he was sent to Rome as a hostage after his father's defeat by the Romans (189
		Antiochus avenged his brother's death and claimed the throne instead of his nephew, Demetrius, who was a 12 year old hostage in Rome.
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Jerusalem - paper by Daniel R. Schwartz resolves historical difficulties in ancient reports of Antiochus' looting of the Jewish temple [posted by Orion Institute, Hebrew University].
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	Antiochus (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		Antiochus the Great, who ascended the throne B.C. He is regarded as the "king of the north" referred to in Dan.
		Antiochus IV., surnamed "Epiphanes" i.e., the Illustrious, succeeded his brother Seleucus (B.C. His career and character are prophetically described by Daniel (11:21-32).
		He was a "vile person." In a spirit of revenge he organized an expedition against Jerusalem, which he destroyed, putting vast multitudes to death in the most cruel manner.
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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 194 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the reverse a scorpion is represented, surrounded with the foliage of the laurel, and inscribed KOMMAFHNnN.
		ANTIOCHUS ('Am'oxos), an epigrammatic poet, one of whose epigrams is extant in the Greek Anthology, (xi.
		Antiochus subsequently fled to Egypt where he was killed by robbers in b.
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	Glossary
		Antiochus I was the son of Seleucus I, founder of the dynasty, and Apama I. Joint-king with his father from 292, he succeeded him early in 280 and ruled until his death on 1 or 2 June 261.
		Antiochus V Eupator, son of Epiphanes and Laodice, was put to death by the army in 162 on the arrival in Syria of his cousin Demetrius I Soter, the younger son of Seleucus IV and Epiphanes’ rightful successor.
		Antiochus VI Epiphanes Dionysus, the infant son of the pretender Alexander Balas (ruled 150-145), was put forward as king by Diodotus (Tryphon) in 143, dethroned by him in 142 and murdered by him in 138.
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	JUDAH'S SONS
		Epiphanes came to the Seleucid throne in 175 b.c.
		Antiochus, certain that the Jews would never live in subjection to him, issued an edict commanding them to conform to the laws of other nations; in successive edicts, he forbid their usual sacrifices in the temple, their festivals and their sabbath.
		On the 25th of Kislev (December) in honour of the sovereign's birthday, a dedication of sorts was solomized by the installation of "the abomination of desolation." The statue of Jupiter Olympus was placed on the altar of the temple, and Jews were commanded to apostacize.
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	Just What Is the Abomination of Desolation? > The Good News : September/October 1999
		Antiochus Epiphanes desecrated the temple and halted sacrifices in 167 B.C. Judas Maccabeus resumed the sacrifices in 164 after cleansing and rededicating the temple.
		Antiochus Epiphanes, who engineered the original abomination of desolation, may well be the forerunner of this end-time "man of sin."
		Antiochus Epiphanes tried to stamp out worship of God and ruthlessly persecuted all who remained obedient to Him.
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	[ TheWatcher.co.uk ] - God does exist. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Antiochus is described by some to be a TYPE of Anti-Christ, not because of his name or title but because his roots and deeds fall so in line with the prophecies concerning the future events of the Anti-Christ.
		Antiochus invaded Egypt, which was torn by strife between Ptolemy VI and his brother (later Ptolemy VII), and would probably have conquered that region if the Romans had not intervened in his siege of Alexandria (168).
		Antiochus Epiphanes undertook a series of military campaigns to consolidate his power and to secure the territory of the Seleucid kingdom.
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		Antiochus Epiphanes is noted in 1.Maccabeans 1-6 as the Seleucid ruler who desecrated the temple and persecuted the Jews.
		Not only was Antiochus IV not the conqueror of Palestine, but it was the defeats that his forces suffered there towards the end of his reign that began the course of events that eventually led to complete independence of Judea from the Seleucids.
		The type of interpretation which dates the prophecy of thsi passage from the fall of Jerusalem in 587/6 BC to Antiochus Epiphanes, the historical-critical or preterist interpretation, is related to dating the composition of Daniel in the 2nd century BC.
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	Daniel 11 - Antiochus and Antichrist Revisited
		This was fulfilled in the marriage between Antiochus II (of the Seleucids) and Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II).
		At the end of it all, Antiochus Epiphanes and his kingdom were under the dominion of Rome.
		Antiochus Epiphanes is important, but mostly as a historical preview of the Antichrist.
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	Antiochus IV
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Αντίοχος Επιφανής, Greek: Manifest)("The Shining One") was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire.
		Antiochus said he would discuss it with his council, whereupon the envoy drew a line in the sand round him.
		Enraged at this, Antiochus is said to have marched against them in person, threatening utterly to exterminate the nation; but on the way he was suddenly arrested by the hand of death (164 BC).
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	Prophet Daniel, Jewish Exile, Antiochus Epiphanes
		Antiochus erected "the disastrous abomination" (1 Macc 1:54; Dan 9:27; Mt 24:15) in December 167, an altar of the pagan religion, inside the temple on the altar of the holocausts.
		Yet the persecutions of Antiochus were so cruel that they cannot only be interpreted as a judgment: Jason attempted to seize power, but failed by his own compatriots.
		Antiochus Epiphanes qualified it as a rebellion of Judah and suppressed it savagely (2 Macc 5:5-14).
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	Antiochus IV Epiphanes: The Antichrist of the Old Testament
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes was the eighth in a succession of twenty-six kings who ruled from 175—164 BC over the Syrian section of Alexander’s empire.
		Yet taken as a whole Antiochus IV Epiphanes is undoubtedly one of the greatest prototypes of the Antichrist in all of God’s Word.
		For example, when Antiochus came to reign, he imprinted on his coins, Theos Antiochus, Theos Epiphanes, “Antiochus, God manifest.” One need not doubt that such a thing could be, for according to the second chapter of II Thessalonians, this final dictator presents himself as “God manifest,” Theos Epiphanes.
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	From Epiphanes to Epimanes by Tim Case
		Briefly, this is the world that Antiochus Epiphanes was brought up in; a world of religious tolerance, taught and practiced by his father Antiochus the Great, Alexander the Great, and the Persians, and inherent in the ancient philosophies of the time of both the Greeks and the Romans.
		Antiochus’ little war was ostensibly financed on the back of the Jewish people but even more disturbing was that Rome hadn’t said a word but had taken a ho-hum attitude towards another Greek war.
		Antiochus was fit to be tied at Menelaus’ inability to pay what he had promised so Antiochus summoned Menelaus to Antioch in 169 BC.
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	Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes is a ruler that came into control of one of the four empires which sprang into existance after the death of Alexander the Great.
		Antiochus constituted the fifth attack on the surviving tribes of the House of Israel, and thus manifested the 5th head of the beast.
		Antiochus' forces did not set up their camp inside the temple; instead, they occupied the citadel located in the City of David that looked down on the temple.
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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Antiochus
		Antiochus Eight Seleucid kings, notably Antiochus III and Antiochus IV.
		Antiochus was famous as a founder of cities.
		She was the daughter of Ptolemy II, and her marriage (252) to Antiochus II marked a temporary cessation in the wars between the Egyptian monarchs and the Seleucids.
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	Schwartz: Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Jerusalem
		If Antiochus stole the long list of central Temple items in 169, including the golden altar, the table of presentation, the candelabrum and all their ancillary vessels, not to mention all the other vessels and gold he could find, there wouldn’t have been much left to take in 168.
		Moreover, Josephus’ version of Antiochus’ first visit to the Jerusalem, in ß; 247, brings the king into no contact whatsoever with the Temple; Antiochus is said only to have gained control of the city, killed many of his opponents in it, robbed, and departed.
		I assume that Antiochus had enough means at his disposal, probably even prior to his arrival at Jerusalem and certainly upon his arrival there, to know whether there was a rebellion there.
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	Between The Testaments - Fundamental Baptist Institute
		We stop Daniel’s account of Antiochus at 11:20, and do not go on to the end of that chapter, as all radical critic commentaries do, because we are unable to apply that part of the book of Daniel to the wars of the Seleucid and the Ptolemies.
		Antiochus hears of it, and thinks it to be a revolt of the Jews against his authority.
		Antiochus, in the meantime, had left a general to take charge of his army and continue the war against the Jews, while he went on a temple-robbing expedition, like his father before him, and the same temple at Elymais.
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	DANIEL - Chapter 11 Commentaries (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A treaty was arranged between Antiochus and Ptolemy Epiphanes in which the Antiochus' daughter, Cleopatra (a "daughter of women" since she was still so young as to be under the control of her mother), was espoused to Ptolemy.
		Antiochus took possession of Pelusium, the key of Egypt; he seized Memphis, and he then laid siege to Alexandria.If that were reduced, the whole country would be his.
		Moreover, king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people, and every one should leave his laws; so all the pagan agreed, according to the commandment of the king.
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	Antiochus and the Jews
		According to the account of 1 Maccabees, the High Priests at Jerusalem appointed by Antiochus were involved in systematically changing the traditions of the Jews that were based on the laws of Moses, to make them conform to Greek beliefs.
		A general history of the reign of Antiochus IV is given by Morkholm.
		This was expressed in the prophecy of Daniel 8 by the figure of a little horn, depicting Antiochus IV, exulting himself to the stars, and casting them to the earth, along with heaven itself.
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	Countdown To 6000
		Antiochus is probably best remembered for his encouragement of the expansion of Greek culture and Greek institutions.
		In the temple an altar to Zeus Olympios was erected, and sacrifices were to be made at the feet of an idol in the image of the king.
		The fighting spirit of the Jews is the more impressive because at the beginning of their rebellion in 166, Antiochus had just demonstrated his might to the world at Daphne near Antioch with a grand review of his army.
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	Daily Bible Study - Antiochus IV Epiphanes
		Antiochus IV was the eighth of the Seleucid kings, ruling from about 174-164 BC.
		Once again, because of its position at the Crossroads Of The Earth, the land of Israel had been contested between two branches of the former Greek kingdom - the Ptolemies to the south in Egypt (Queen Cleopatra was in later years one of its most famous members), and the Seleucids to the north in Syria.
		The greatest outrage committed by Antiochus IV occurred in 167 B.C. when he entered the Temple (see Temples) in Jerusalem, erected an altar to the pagan god Zeus, and sacrificed a pig on it.
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	Oskar Edin Indergaard
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes 175-164 BC Antiochus, on hearing of his brother Seleucus' murder, leaves Athens and sails for Pergamon.
		In Jerusalem Antiochus intervenes rather brutally in the faction fighting that has troubled the client Jewish state.
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes is the most comprehensive picture of the Antichrist we haw in ancient history.He trayd to force the Jewish people to leave Judaism and adopt Hellenism,his culture and religion.
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