1 Maccabees 6:16

16 Then King Antiochus died there in the year 149.

1 Maccabees 6:16 In-Context

14 Then he called for one of his advisors named Philip and made him ruler over all of his kingdom.

15 He gave him the crown, his robe, and the seal so that he might guide his son Antiochus and prepare him to be king.

16 Then King Antiochus died there in the year 149.

17 When Lysias found out that the king had died, he arranged for the king's son Antiochus, whom he had brought up from childhood, to rule. Lysias named him Eupator.

18 Meanwhile, the inhabitants of the elevated fortress kept surrounding the Israelites in the sanctuary. They were trying every way they could to harm them and strengthen the Gentiles.