Antiochus IV

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Antiochus IV

(Biographies / Antiochus IV (?215 bc-164 bc) M, Syrian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) ?215-164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175-164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees

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Judas Maccabaeus			Three years later, Seleucus IV was assassinated and was succeeded by his son Antiochus IV, who was the ruler, who according to II Maccabees, eventually issued an edict of persecution against the Jewish people and desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem leading to the Maccabean Revolt. Fragments of Greek inscription found in Israel shed light on ancient ... by Asian News International It was in the time when the land of Israel was part of the Syrian empire, under the rule of King Antiochus IV and life began to get tough for the Jewish people. Candles mark victory over persecution; Faiths IN OUR CITY by Birmingham Mail (England) Daniel was written during the intense persecution of Israel during the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (165-164 B. All Saints Day: November 4, 2007 by Miller, David L. / Currents in Theology and Mission			antineoplastic antineoplastic antibiotic antineoplastic drug Antinephritic antineutrino antineutron anting antinode antinoise antinomasia antinome antinomia antinomian antinomianism Antinomist antinomy antinovel antinuclear antinucleon antinuke Antioch Antiochian Antiochian epoch Antiochus Antiochus III Antiochus IV Antiodontalgic antiophthalmic factor Antiorgastic antioxidant antipaedobaptism Antipapal antiparallel Antiparallels Antiparalytic Antiparalytical antiparasitic antiparticle antipartticle Antipasch antipasto Antipater antipathetic antipathetical Antipathic antipathist Antipathize Antipathous antipathy antipedobaptism Antipeptone			Antiochene Antiochia ad Orontem Antiochia ad Orontem Antiochia ad Sarum Antiochia ad Sarum Antiochia in Cilicia Antiochia in Cilicia Antiochia in Media Antiochia in Persis Antiochia Margiana Antiochia of Chosroes Antiochian Antiochian Archdiocese Antiochian epoch Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of America Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Antiochian Orthodox Church Antiochus Antiochus Antiochus Epiphanes Antiochus Epiphanes Antiochus I Antiochus I Soter Antiochus II Antiochus II Theos Antiochus III Antiochus III Antiochus III the Great Antiochus III the Great Antiochus IV Antiochus IV Epiphanes Antiochus IV Epiphanes Antiochus Kantemir Antiochus Soter Antiochus the Great Antiochus the Great Antiodontalgic Antiodontalgic Antioffset Spray Antioffset Sprays Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir Antiokh Dmitriyevich Kantemir Antiokh Kantemir antioncogene antioncogene antioncogene AntiOnline antiopathy Antiope Antiope Antiopê Antiope (disambiguation) antiophthalmic factor Antiorgastic

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