Antiochus IV, King · Seleucid king

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Antiochus IVأنطيوخس الرابع

Approximate dateAntioch

A Greek king who banned the law of Musa and defiled the Temple in Jerusalem.

In 167 BCE he forbade circumcision and the Sabbath and set up a pagan altar in the Temple. The Maccabean revolt that followed won the Jews independence for a time.

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