1 Maccabees 6:16

16 King Antiochus died there in the year 149.

1 Maccabees 6:16 In-Context

14 Then he called Philip, one of his most trusted advisers, and put him in charge of his whole empire.

15 He gave him his crown, robe, and official ring, and authorized him to educate his son Antiochus the Fifth and bring him up to be king.

16 King Antiochus died there in the year 149.

17 When Lysias learned that the king had died, he made the young Antiochus king in place of his father. He had brought up Antiochus from childhood and now gave him the name Eupator.

18 Meanwhile, the enemies in the fort at Jerusalem had been blockading the people of Israel in the area around the Temple, constantly causing them trouble and giving support to the Gentiles.

Footnotes

• [a]. the year 149: [This corresponds to 163 B.C.]