1 Maccabees 6:16
“So king Antiochus died there in the hundreth forty and ninth yeere.”
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1 Maccabees 6:16 Context
14Then called he for Philip one of his friends whom he made ruler ouer all his realme: 15And gaue him the crowne and his robe, and his signet, to the end hee should bring vp his sonne Antiochus, and nourish him vp for the kingdome. 16So king Antiochus died there in the hundreth forty and ninth yeere. 17Now when Lysias knew that the king was dead, he set vp Antiochus his sonne (whom he had brought vp being yong) to reigne in his stead, and his name he called Eupator. 18About this time they that were in the towre shut vp the Israelites round about the Sanctuarie, and sought alwayes their hurt, and the strengthening of the heathen.
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So king Antiochus died there in the hundred forty and ninth year.
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