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and reigned in his place. He put on himself the crown of Asia and brought a great calamity upon the land.
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Verse 32. Crown. The soldiers declared for him, in hopes of great rewards which he had promised. He assumed the name of Tryphon, “wearing a helmet,” or “addicted to pleasure.” His medals have always a helmet; and the tyrant styles himself, ( Calmet.) “king Tryphon, the autocrat,” ( Bible.) or generalissimo. He sent a golden statue of victory to Rome, but the senate inscribed the name of the young Antiochus upon it. The first conquest of Tryphon was Apamea, where he was born.
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