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Antiochus IV
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Antiochus IV
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(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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Maccabaeus led the rebellion of the Jews against Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes IV, whose armies occupied Israel in the first century before Jesus.
One Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE), forced the issue by interrupting or forbidding Jewish religious practices.
The Book of Daniel is set in a time in which the Israelites were dominated and persecuted by the cruel ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes, probably about 165 B.
 
 
 
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