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People/Characters: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ruler of Syria

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Titles	Order
The Apocrypha by Edgar J. Goodspeed
Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria Between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East) by Jan Dusek
The Benefactions of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Daniel 11:37-38, An Exegetical Note by Mark Mercer
Concordia Self-Study Bible: Niv by Concordia Publishing House	p 123,378,813,1315-1316,1319-1320,1437,1485,1626,1959
The Dead Sea Scrolls by Michael O. Wise	175-164 B.C.
The gospels : a synoptic presentation of the text in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, with explanatory notes by Joh. Ylvisaker	c. 215–164 BC)(p 610
Isaiah: The First Twelve Chapters by George Stoeckhardt	p 51
Our great heritage, Volume 2 by Lyle W. Lange	p 382
Revelation: The Distant Triumph Song by Siegbert W. Becker	175-164 B.C.)(p 13

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Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus "also named Joseph"

Barak, sent by Deborah to defeat Sisera to free the Israelite people

Baruch, Jeremiah's secretary

Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, David's great sin

Behemoth, possibly the hippopotamus

Balaam's Donkey

Baasha, King of Israel

Athaliah, mother of king Ahaziah

Azariah, King of Judah, son of Amaziah

Baal, god of Asia Minor

Baanah, son of Rimmon, killed Saul's son Ish-Bosheth

Apries, king of Egypt "Hophra"

Apelles, perhaps persecuted for being a Christian

Ahijah, son of Ahitub, priest

Ahasuerus, king of Persia "Xerxes"

Ahiman, the Anakite

Ahinoam, wife of David, daughter of Ahimaaz

Ahio, son of Abinadab, guided the cart with the Ark of the Covenant

Ahab, son of Omri, King of Israel

Agag, king of Amalekites

Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem

Adonijah, son of David and Haggith

Adriel, of Meholah, married Saul's daughter Merab

Agabus, prophet from Jerusalem

Ahithophel, the Gilonite, David's counselor, hanged himself

Alexander, the smith

Ananias, of Damascus, high priest

Ananias, husband of Sapphira, struck dead for lying to God

Ancient of Days, God

Andronicus, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Antichrist, one who puts himself in place of Christ

Amunhotep, king of Egypt

Ampliatus, friend of Paul "Amplias"

Amaziah, King of Judah, son of Joash

Amaziah, Priest of Bethel

Amnon, son of David

Amos, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Hymenaeus, lost his Christian faith

Ibzan, from Bethlehem, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Rehoboam, King of Judah, son of Solomon and Naamah, grandson of David

Redeemer, the one who bought us back "Jesus"

Rehum, commanding officer of Artaxerxes, wrote letter against rebuilding of Jerusalem

Rephaim, ancient people of large stature "Rephaites"

Reu, son of Peleg, father of Serug, lived 207 years

Rechab, killed Saul's son Ish-Bosheth

Rebekah, wife of Isaac, daughter of Bethuel "Rebecca"

Rachel, daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob

Queen of Heaven, Mesopotamian goddess "Ishtar"

Rahab, mythological monster

Rahab, prostitute who hid Israelite spies

Ramses II, Pharaoh

Righteous One, the only one who never sinned "Jesus"

Ruth, the Moabite, wife of Boaz

Saul, of Tarsus

Alcimus, High Priest of Judea

Segub, son of Hiel that was lost due to the curse by rebuilding Jericho

Seth, son of Adam and Eve, and father of Enosh, lived 912 years

Seti I, king of Egypt

Sargon II, Assyrian king

Sarai, wife of Abraham "Sarah"

Salome, wife of Zebedee, mother of John, went to Jesus' tomb Easter morning

Samson, the Nazirite, son of Minoah, one of 6 major judges in the Bible

Sapphira, wife of Ananias, struck dead for lying to God

Sarah, wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac "Sarai"

Psusennes II, king of Egypt

Psammeticus II, king of Egypt

Paul, the Apostle, of Tarsus "Saul"

Othniel, son of Kenaz, one of 6 major judges in the Bible married Acsah

Pekahiah, king of Israel, son of Menahem, killed by Pekah

Peleg, son of Eber, father of Reu

Peninnah, wife of Elkanah

Osorkon I, king of Egypt

Orpah, the Moabite, wife of Chilion

Onan, son of Judah

Onesimus, runaway slave of Philemon

Onesiphorus, Christian from Ephesus who ministered to Paul in prison

Oreb, prince of Midian

Persis, Roman Christian

Pharaoh's daughter, found baby Moses and raised him

Phygelus, Christian in Rome and friend of Paul

Phoebe, of Cenchrea, deaconess

Piram, king of Jarmuth

Potiphar, captain of the guard for Pharaoh

Priscilla, of Corinth, wife of Aquila, "Prisca"

Phinehas, son of Eli "Phineas"

Phinehas, son of Eleazar, killed Zimri and his lover to turn God's anger from Israel

Pharaoh, several at different times

Philemon, master of Onesimus

Philetus, Christian false teacher

Philippian jailer

Shabako, king of Egypt

Shadrach, of the fiery furnace "Hanania"

Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria "Pul"

Thutmose III, king of Egypt

Timothy, of Lystra, companion of Paul

Titus, bishop of Crete, son of Vespasian

Tobiah, the Ammonite servant

Thummim, decision stone

Tertius, Paul's scribe, at Paul's direction wrote Letter to the Romans

Tamar, sister of Absalom

Tamar, wife of Er

Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphates

Terah, son of Nahor, father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, lived 205 yrs

Tola, son of Issachar, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Trophimus, Christian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey

Uriah, the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba

Urbanus, Christian coworker of Paul

Urim, decision stone

Uzzah, son of Abinadab, died when he touched the Ark of the Covenant

Uzziel, son of Kohath "Uziel"

Tychicus, the Ephesian, companion of Paul

Tutankhamun, Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty "King Tut"

Tryphena, Roman Christian

Tryphosa, Roman Christian

Tubal, son of Japheth, located in the vicinity of the Black Sea

Tubal-Cain, son of Lamech and Zillah

Tabeel, wrote letter to Artaxerxes against rebuilding of Jerusalem

Stephen, stoned for being a Christian

Shechem, the Hivite, violated Dinah the daughter of Jacob

Shecaniah, son of Jehiel, pointed to Israel's unfaithfulness by marrying foreign women "Shebaniah" "Shechaniah"

Shelah, son of Judah

Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the house of Dan

Shem, son of Noah, father of Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram, lived 600 years

Shebitku, king of Egypt

Sheba, rebelled against King David

Shallum, king of Israel, son of Jabesh, assassinated Zechariah

Shamgar, son of Anath, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Shammah, son of Jesse, brother of David

Sharezer, of Bethel, killed Sennacherib

Shepherd, shepherd of us, whom he describes as his sheep

Shethar-Bozenai, Persian offical, sent a letter to Darius to stop building the temple

Sinsharishkun, king of the Assyrian empire, son of Ashurbanipal

Simon Magus, Samaritan religious figure, convert to Christianity, baptized by Philip

Sisera, general of Jabin's army, killed by Jael with a tent peg thru his temple

Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, the wisest man in the Bible, King of Israel

Stephanas, a member of the church at Corinth

Silas, companion of Paul in Antioch "Silvanus"

Sihon, Amorite king of Heshbon

Shimei, son of Gershon "Shemaiah" "Shimhi" "Shimi"

Shimshai, secretary of Artaxerxes, wrote letter against rebuilding of Jerusalem

Shishak, king of Egypt

Siamun, king of Egypt

Oholiab, chief craftsman on the tabernacle, son of Ahisamach

Og, Amorite king of Bashan

Jeshua, son of Jozadak, participated in rebuilding the temple "Joshua"

Jeroboam II, son of Jehoash, King of Israel

Jethro, priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses

Jezreel, son of Hosea and Gomer

Joab, son of David's half-sister Zeruiah

Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, King of Israel

Jephthah, son of Gilead, one of 6 major judges in the Bible

Jehoiakim, king of Judah, son of Josiah "Eliakim"

Jehoram, King of Israel, son of Jehoshaphat, married Athaliah

Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, son of Asa

Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat, King of Israel, killed Jezebel, Ahab, and ministers of Baal

Joash, Judean king

Job, of Uz, challenged by satan

Keturah, Abraham's wife after the death of Sarah

Kenan, son of Enosh, father of Mahalalel, lived 910 years

Kish, son of Abiel, father of Saul

Korah, challenged Moses and Aaron and God caused the earth to swallow him

Laban, son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah

Kadmiel, Levite who helped rebuild the Temple

Justus, proposed but not selected to replace Judas "Joseph" "Barsabbas"

Jonadab, son of Recab "Jehonadab"

Jonathan, Prince of Israel, son of Saul

Joram, son of Ahab, King of Israel

Junias, Christian relative of Paul and fellow prisoner

Jehoiada, priest

Jehoiachin, king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, captured by Nebuchadnezzar "Jeconiah"

Ithamar, priest, son of Aaron

Israel, wrestled with God "Jacob"

Jabal, son of Lamech and Adah

Jabez, of Israel

Jabin, King of Canaan at Hazor

Israel "God's chosen people"

Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess

Ichabod, son of Phinehas

Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, husband of Rebekah

Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar

Jacob, husband of Rachel, son of Isaac and Rebekah "Israel"

Jair, son of Manasseh, from Gilead, one of 6 minor judges in the Bible

Jedaiah, son of Harumaph, helped rebuild the wall around Jerusalem

Javan, son of Japheth, father of Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, Rodanim, Ionians

Jehoahaz, king of Israel, son of King Jehu

Jehoahaz, king of Judah, son of King Josiah

Jehoash, king of Israel, son of Jehoahaz "Shallum"

Jason, relative of Paul

Jashobeam, one of David's mighty men

Jambres, sorcerer, withstood Moses

Jannes, sorcerer, withstood Moses

Japheth, son of Noah, father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras

Jared, son of Mahalalel, father of Enoch, lived 962 years

Lady Wisdom, personification of Proverbs 1-9

Lamech, son of Methuselah, father of Noah, married Adah and Zillah, lived 777 years

Molech, an ancient Ammonite god "Molock, Melech, Molek"

Moab, son of Lot and his daughter

Naboth, stoned to death by Jezebel to get his vineyard

Nadab, son of Aaron, died when he entered the presence of the Lord

Mithredath, king Cyrus' treasurer

Miriam, daughter of Amram, sister of Moses

Methuselah, son of Enoch, father of Lamech, lived 969 years

Micah, from Ephraim, made a silver idol

Micah, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Michal, daughter of Saul and wife of David

Nahash, the Ammonite

Nahor, son of Serug, father of Terah

Nimrod, son of Cush

Nicolas, of Antioch

Noah, of the Flood and the Ark, father of Shem, Ham, Japheth, walked with God, lived 950 years

Nympha, woman who housed the church in Laodicea "Nymphas"

Obadiah, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Nehemiah, the prophet, son of Hachaliah

Nahor, son of Terah, husband of Milcah

Naomi, wife of Elimelech

Nebo, learning and writing god of Babylon "Nabu"

Necho II, king of Egypt

Meshach, of the fiery furnace "Mishael"

Mesha, king of Moab

Lot's Wife, became a pillar of salt

Lois, Timothy's grandmother

Lot, son of Haran, rescued from Sodom and Gomorrah

Lucius, relative of Paul

Mahalalel, son of Kenan, father of Jared, lived 895 years

Lo-Ruhamah, daughter of Gomer, Hosea's adulterous wife "Not-Loved"

Lo-Ammi, son of Gomer, Hosea's adulterous wife "Not my people"

Leah, daughter of Laban, sister of Rachel, wife of Jacob

Leviathan, mythical sea monster "Lotan"

Levites, descendants of Jacob's son Levi

Linus, associate of the Apostle Paul

Mahlon, Ephrathite of Bethlehem, son of Elimelech and Naomi, first husband of Ruth

Malachi, writer of one of 12 short prophetic books in the Bible

Menahem, King of Israel, murdered Shallum

Memucan, wise man of King Xerxes

Mephibosheth, lame son of Jonathan

Merab, daughter of Saul, wife of Adriel

Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon "Marduk-apla-iddina"

Matthias, the Apostle

Masoretes, preservers of the Hebrew bible

Manasseh, son of Joseph and Asenath

Manoah, of Zorah and the Danites, father of Samson

Mary, Roman Christian

Vashti, Queen of Persia, wife of Ahasuerus

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Related places

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Judah, Kingdom of

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Ephesus, Paul's missionary journeys

Bethlehem, Judea, birthplace of Jesus

Galilee, where Jesus spent most of his life here

Gethsemane, Jesus arrested "Mount of Olives"

Laodicea, Paul's missionary journeys

Golgotha, place of a skull

Egypt, where Israel was enslaved

Armageddon, the mountain of Megiddo

Ararat, mountains of, where the Ark ended

Issachar Gate, Jerusalem

Arabia, spread of the Gospel

Joppa, spread of the Gospel, Tabitha raised "Jaffa"

Joseph Gate, Jerusalem

Apollonia, spread of the Gospel

Jeshanah Gate, Jerusalem

Inspection Gate, Jerusalem

Gomorrah, destroyed by God because of wickedness

Iconium, Paul's missionary journeys

Horse Gate, Jerusalem "Golden Gate"

Antioch, spread of the Gospel

Judah Gate, Jerusalem

Miletus, Paul's missionary journeys

Achor, Valley of

Malta, Paul's missionary journeys

Lebanon, cedar trees

Adriatic Sea, shipwreck of Paul

Amphipolis, spread of the Gospel

Levi Gate, Jerusalem

Macedonia, Paul and Silas imprisoned

Lystra, Paul's missionary journeys

Lydda, spread of the Gospel

Golden Gate, Jerusalem "Gate of Mercy"

Gaza, spread of the Gospel

Corinth, Paul's missionary journeys

Colosse, Paul's missionary journeys

Corner Gate, Jerusalem

Crete, Greece, Paul's missionary journeys

Damascus, Saul converted

Cyprus, spread of the Gospel

Canaan, the promised land

Beersheba, well of the oath

Benjamin Gate, Jerusalem

Berea, examined the scriptures

Caesarea, spread of the Gospel

Bozrah, capital of Edom

Dan Gate, Jerusalem

Dead Sea, where ancient scrolls were found "Salt Sea"

First Gate, Jerusalem

Euphrates, river

Ethiopia, Ethiopian eunuch

Fish Gate. Jerusalem

Fountain Gate, Jerusalem

Galatia, Paul's missionary journeys

Gad Gate, Jerusalem

Athens, Paul's missionary journeys

Endor, Saul consulted a witch from here

Babel, the Tower of Babel

Dung Gate, Jerusalem

Derbe, Paul's missionary journeys

East Gate, Jerusalem

Eden, "Garden of Eden"

Qumran, West Bank

Asher Gate, Jerusalem

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Wedding at Cana

Jesus calls his disciples

Jesus purging the temple

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Jesus calms the stormy sea

Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter from the dead

Jesus heals man with palsy

Jesus' temptation in the desert

Birth of Jesus foretold

Birth of John the Baptist promised

Birth of John the Baptist

Joseph takes Mary as his wife

John preaches and baptizes

Jesus heals the blind and mute

Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus’ parable of the sower

Jesus sends the 12 Apostles

Jesus feeds the 5,000

Jesus walks on the sea

Jesus feeds 4,000

Jesus raises the widow of Nain’s son

Jesus heals the Centurion's servant

Jesus’ parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl

Jesus’ parables of the mustard seed and the yeast

Jesus’ parable of the weeds

Jesus’ parable of the net

Sermon on the mount

Jesus heals a leper

Solomon asks for wisdom

Solomon builds the Temple

The widow’s oil

Solomon King of Israel

Elijah taken to Heaven in a chariot of fire

David anointed King of Judah

David and Goliath

An axhead floats

David King of Israel

David and Bathsheba

Daniel in the lions den

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace

Jonah swallowed by a great fish

Beheading of John the Baptist

Sampson and Delilah

Valley of dry bones

Fall of Jerusalem

New Heavens and a new Earth

Jerusalem under siege

Seventy years of captivity

Job’s faith tested

Sun stands still

Josephus wrote Antiquities

Josephus wrote Wars

Romans destroy Masada

Jacob wrestles with God

Sacrifice of Isaac

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

Pliny wrote Natural History

Romans destroy Herod's Temple

Samaritan temple destroyed by Hyrcanus I

death of Judas Maccabeus

rededication of the Temple

Jews throw off Syrian rule

Demetrius III Eukairos invades Palestine

civil war between Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II

Romans destroy Qumran

First Jewish-Roman War

Paul wrote letter to Galatians

Aemilius Scaurus leads Pompey's armies into Judea

Joseph's dreams

Joseph Sold to Egypt

Feast of Tabernacles

Year of Jubilee

Day of Atonement

Balaam’s Donkey

Antiochus IV desecrates the Temple

Battle of Jericho

Ark of the Covenant

Moses and the burning bush

Joseph's brothers go to Egypt

Joseph in charge of Egypt

Plagues in Egypt

Ten Commandments

Manna from Heaven

Israel crossing the Red Sea

Israel's exodus from Egypt

Sampson kills 1000 Philistines

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