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21 When Apollonius, the son of Menestheus, was sent to Egypt for the coronation of King Philometor,[a] Antiochus learned that Philometor had become hostile to his reign. Concerned about his own security, after arriving at Joppa he moved on to Jerusalem,

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  1. 2 Maccabees 4:21 Philometor: Ptolemy VI, in 172 B.C.