1 Maccabees 1:8

8 Then his officers began to rule, each in his own place.

1 Maccabees 1:8 In-Context

6 So he summoned his most honored officers, who had been brought up with him from youth, and divided his kingdom among them while he was still alive.

7 And after Alexander had reigned twelve years, he died.

8 Then his officers began to rule, each in his own place.

9 They all put on crowns after his death, and so did their sons after them for many years; and they caused many evils on the earth.

10 From them came forth a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king; he had been a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.