Antiochus
may refer to:
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1 The Seleucid Empire
2 Kingdom of Commagene
2.1 Princes of Commagene
3 Others
4 See also
[edit]The Seleucid Empire
Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator) (born 4th-century
BC), father of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Hellenstic
Seleucid Empire
Antiochus I Soter (died 261 BC), king of the Seleucid Empire
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an-ti'-o-kus (Antiochos; A, Antimachos (1 Macc 12:16)): The
father of Numenius, who in company with Antipater, son of
Jason, was sent by Jonathan on an embassy to the Romans and
Spartans to renew "the friendship" and "former confederacy"
made by Judas (1 Macc 12:16; 14:22; Ant, XIII, vi; 8)....
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(an opponent), the name of a number of kings of Syria who
lived during the interval between the Old and New Testaments,
and had frequent connection with the Jews during that period.
They are referred to in the Apocrypha especially in the books
of the Maccabees....
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the name of several Syrian kings from B.C. 280 to B.C. 65.
The
most notable of these were, (1.) Antiochus the
Great, who
ascended the throne B.C. 223. He is regarded as the
"king of the
north" referred to in Dan. 11:13-19. He was
succeeded (B.C. 187)
by his son, Seleucus Philopater, spoken of by Daniel
(11:20) as
"a raiser of taxes", in t...
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1. Theus," King of the N." (Daniel 11:6.) Ptolemy
Philadelphus, king of Egypt, to end the war with him, give
Berenice his daughter to Antiochus, who divorced Laodice to
marry Berenice. But Ptolemy having died, Betentre aid "not
retain the power of the arm," i.e., she was unable to be the
mainstay of peace; for on Ptolemy's death Antiochus took...
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