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Then King Antiochus died there in the one hundred forty-ninth year.
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Verse 16. Nine. He began his persecution A. 143, so that it lasted six years and almost four months, or 2300 days, (Daniel 8:14) during which time Judas purified the temple, some months before the death of Epiphanes. Worthington.
Circa B.Calmet. 164.
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