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But considering that my father also, at the time he led an army into the upper country, appointed his successor,
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 23. Father: Antiochus the great. The Persian monarchs generally took this precaution.—Countries. So profane authors style the provinces beyond the Euphrates. Diodorus, S. Jerom (in Daniel 11.) and others, inform us that Antiochus attempted to plunder the temple of Belus, at Elymais, and took off a vast sum of money under pretext of paying the tribute to the Romans. But the neighbouring nations fell upon him, and cut him with his army to pieces. Philopator succeeded to the throne.
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