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Robbery of the Temple. 20 (A)After Antiochus had defeated Egypt in the one hundred and forty-third year,[a] he returned and went up against Israel and against Jerusalem with a strong force.

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  1. 1:20 Defeated Egypt in the one hundred and forty-third year: 169 B.C. No mention is made in 1 Maccabees of the second expedition to Egypt a year later, described in 2 Mc 5:1, 11; Dn 11:25, 29 records both.