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1 Maccabees 11:54-56
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 11:54-56
New Catholic Bible
54 Jonathan Enters the Service of Antiochus VI. After this, Trypho returned, bringing with him the young boy Antiochus,[a] who was crowned king. 55 All the soldiers that Demetrius had discharged rallied to Antiochus and fought against Demetrius, who was routed and fled. 56 Trypho captured the elephants and took control of Antioch.
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- 1 Maccabees 11:54 This is Antiochus VI Epiphanes, son of Alexander Balas, reared by the Arabian sheik Imalkue (see 11:39-40). From 145–142 B.C., he was educated by Trypho, who was an intriguing personage, a representative of the court of Alexander Balas who successively took the sides of Ptolemy and then Demetrius II and ultimately decided to stir up the military revolt against Demetrius (v. 38f) in order to make his protégé king.
