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).