Antiochus Epiphanes and Renegade Jews

¹⁰ From them came forth a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; he had been a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the one hundred thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.^(A)

¹⁷ When Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus the king’s^[a] son to reign. Lysias^[b] had brought him up from boyhood; he named him Eupator.^(A)

Accession of Antiochus Eupator

¹⁰ Now we will tell what took place under Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of that ungodly man, and will give a brief summary of the principal calamities of the wars.^(A)