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1 Maccabees 6:16
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 6:16
New Catholic Bible
16 King Antiochus died in Persia, in the year one hundred and forty-nine.[a]
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- 1 Maccabees 6:16 The year one hundred and forty-nine: this date technically encompasses September 164 to October 163 B.C. According to a Seleucid list of kings, Antiochus died in November or December of 164 B.C.; the author of 2 Maccabees also implies that Antiochus died before the restoration of the temple at Jerusalem.
