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[Daniel
Ch.11: Pre-Written History of Kings]
VI.
A King In Debt (11:20)
DAN
11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate
Antiochus the Great was succeeded by Seleucus IV "Philopator"
famed for his unambitious policy. Jerome gibed that he "performed no
deeds worthy of Syria or of his father, but perished ingloriously without
fighting a single battle." It is fair to note, however, that he was
compelled by heavy war indemnities imposed on his late father under the
Peace of Apamea to pursue an inactive program.
DAN
11:20 A raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom
Saddled with bills, Seleucus Philiopator sent his finance minister
Heliodorus to plunder the temple treasury at Jerusalem.
DAN
11:20 He shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
Seleucus died in the Winter of 163 at Tabae in Persia after exhibiting
mental derangement and was probably poisoned by Heliodorus.
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