Kings of the North and Kings of the South Appendix
Dates | The Kings of the South | Events | The Kings of the North |
323 B.C. | Ptolemy I (Soter) | Seleucus I (Nicator) | |
284 B.C. | Ptolemy II (Philadelphus) | ||
280 B.C. | Antiochus I (Soter) | ||
261 B.C. | Antiochus II (Theus) | ||
252 B.C. | Marriage of Bernice and Antiochus II (11:6) | ||
246 B.C. | Ptolemy III (Euergetes) (11:7-8) | Seleucus II (Callinicus) | |
240 B.C. | Seleucus II unsuccessfully invades Egypt (11:9) | ||
226 B.C. | Seleucus III (Ceraunus) | ||
225 B.C. | Antiochus III The Great | ||
221 B.C. | Ptolemy IV (Philopator) | ||
217 B.C. | The Battle of Raphia (11:11) | ||
204 B.C. | Ptolemy V (Epiphanes) | ||
198 B.C. | The Battle of Paneas (11:13-16) | ||
197 B.C. | Cleopatra I marries Ptolemy V (11:17) | ||
191 B.C. | Rome defeats Antiochus III at Thermopylae (11:18) | ||
187 B.C. | Seleucus IV Philopator | ||
180 B.C. | Ptolemy VI (Philometor) | ||
175 B.C. | Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) (11:21) | ||
169 B.C. | Antiochus’ 1st campaign against Egypt (11:25) | ||
On his return to Antioch, he plundered | |||
the temple of much of its gold | |||
and sacred furniture. | |||
(I Maccabees 1:20-28, II Maccabees 5:15-21). | |||
168 B.C. | Antiochus’s 2nd campaign against Egypt during which | ||
Rome forces him to withdraw (11:29-30). | |||
The Jews rebel, thinking Antiochus has died during | |||
the Egyptian campaign. In revenge, he attacks | |||
Jerusalem and slaughters thousands. | |||
Later that same year, he sends a minister, Appollonius, | |||
to further secure his power. Appollonius burns the city, | |||
slaughters more people, and the temple “lay desolate as | |||
a wilderness.” | |||
(I Maccabees 1:29-40, II Maccabees 5:5-14) | |||
167 B.C. | Antiochus issues a decree which | ||
threatens death to all who practice | |||
Judaism. Burnt offerings and other sacrifices at the | |||
temple are outlawed (11:31, and I Maccabees 1:41-53) | |||
The Abomination of Desolation (11:31) is ereted in the | |||
temple on December 7 (I Maccabees 1:59). | |||
It is an altar to Zeus. | |||
On December 17, a sacrifice is made on the pagan altar | |||
(I Maccabees 1:59), presumably for the first time. | |||
164 B.C. | In November or early December (Bartlett 64), Antiochus | ||
dies of a wasting disease while returning from a campaign | |||
in Persia. | |||
On December 14, holy sacrifice is made on the newly | |||
built altar of burnt offering in the redidicated and cleansed | |||
temple (I Maccabees 4:36-61). | |||
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