Antiochus Epiphanes
Antiochus Epiphanes, a Seleucid ruler who serves the Greek elohim Zeus, defiles Yahweh’s altar and forbids worship of Yahweh under penalty of death. (1 Macc. 1:44-60)
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Antiochus Massacre (1860), by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld,
in Die Bibel in Bildern. Public Domain. |