13
I know that it is because of this that these evils have come upon me; and behold, I am perishing of deep grief in a strange land."
14
Then he called for Philip, one of his friends, and made him ruler over all his kingdom.
15
He gave him the crown and his robe and the signet, that he might guide Antiochus his son and bring him up to be king.
16
Thus Antiochus the king died there in the one hundred and forty-ninth year.
17
And when Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus the king's son to reign. Lysias had brought him up as a boy, and he named him Eupator.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.