. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . a decisive victory near the sourcesof the Jordan; and afterward captured Scopusand the remnant of his forces in Sidon. The Jews,who had suffered severely during the struggle, wel-comed Antiochus as their deliverer, and he stoodin the glorious land which by his hand was to beconsumed. His further designs against Egypt werefrustrated l>\ Roman intervention; and his daughterCleopatra, whom he gave in marriage to PtolemyEpiphanes, with the Phenician provinces for herdower, favored the interests of her husband ratherthan those of her father. From Egypt
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . a decisive victory near the sourcesof the Jordan; and afterward captured Scopusand the remnant of his forces in Sidon. The Jews,who had suffered severely during the struggle, wel-comed Antiochus as their deliverer, and he stoodin the glorious land which by his hand was to beconsumed. His further designs against Egypt werefrustrated l>\ Roman intervention; and his daughterCleopatra, whom he gave in marriage to PtolemyEpiphanes, with the Phenician provinces for herdower, favored the interests of her husband ratherthan those of her father. From Egypt Antiochusturned again to Asia Minor, and after various suc-cesses, crossed over to Greece, and by the adviceof Hannibal entered on a war with Rome. His vic-torious course was checked at Thcrmopyla; (b. ), and he was finally defeated at Magnesia inLydia, b. c. 190. By the peace concluded b. c. 188,he was forced to cede all his possessions on theRoman side of Mount Taurus, and to pay an enor-mous sum to defray the expenses of the Tetrndracbm (Attic talent) of Antiochus III. Obverse, Head of King to right. Reverse, Btuihdl Anliochou (Gr. ™ ofKina Antiochus). In field, two monograms. Apollo, naked, seated oncortina (L. — a tripod in tlie form of a caldron) to left. Thi3 last condition ied to his ignominious c. 187 he attacked a rich temple of Belus in Ely-mais, and was slain by the people who rose in its de-fence. Thus he stumbled and fell, and was notfound (Dan. xi. 11-19).—Antiochus not only as-sured to the Jews perfect freedom and protection intheir worship, but made splendid contributions tow-ard the support of the temple ritual, and gave variousimmunities to the priests and other inhabitants of Je-rusalem. He also transported two thousand familiesof Jews from Mesopotamia to Lydia and Phrygia, torepress the tendency to revolt manifested in thoseprovinces. Two sons of Antiochus succeeded him,first Seleucus Philopator, then Antiochus IV. Au-tio-clias (s
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