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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 wouldnt 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. |
 | | Marcus [Loeb Classical Library]): (246) King Antiochus, then, returning from Egypt through fear of the Romans, marched against the city of Jerusalem, and entering it in the 143rd year of the Seleucid reign, took the city without a battle, for the gates were opened to him by those who were of his party. |
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