13
I know that it is because of this that these misfortunes have come upon me; here I am, perishing of bitter disappointment 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, so that he might guide his son Antiochus and bring him up to be king.
16
Thus King Antiochus died there in the one hundred forty-ninth year.
17
When Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus the king's son to reign. Lysias had brought him up from boyhood; he named him Eupator.
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