Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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7:07¶ 18
“We’re told that in the days of Antiochus Epiphanes – and this puts us at about 168 BC, just to give us some kind…”
7:53¶ 19
“What he didn’t quite get was that the previous Pharaoh had bequeathed oversight of his kingdom to this little city on the far end…”
8:19¶ 21
“Finally the Roman ambassador finds a stick and draws a circle around Antiochus and says, “Do not get out of that circle until you’re…”
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33:01¶ 103
“When the reigning Pharaoh died he left a young son behind, and Antiochus Epiphanes, the Syrian king, who at this point controlled Palestine, said,…”
33:50¶ 105
“The Roman ambassador went out to meet him, told him to go home, Antiochus demurred, and the Roman ambassador took a stick and drew…”
34:17¶ 107
“Up to this point Antiochus had been trying to play nice guy to the younger Jewish generation and convince them that it was cool…”