THE SELEUCID FAMILY (Syria). Seleucus I Nicator (312-280 B.C.) Alexander Balas (150-145) Seleucus IV Philopator (164-162) (3)Demetrius I Soter (162-150) (2) Antiochus V Eupator (164-162) ? (6) (4) Demetrius II Nicator (145-138, 128-125). (5) Antiochus VII Sidetes (138-128) Antiochus VI (145) Alexander Zabinas (7) Seleucus V (9) (8) Antiochus VIII Grypos (125-113, 111-96). (9) Antiochus IX Cyzicenos (113-95) (125) (11) Antiochus XIII Asiaticus Deposed 65 B.C. The numbers in parentheses indicate the order of succession. In this table only such names are given as are of historical significance. + Designates date of death. Those mentioned in the Bible are printed in Bold-faced type. Antipas Philip The Tetrarch Siege of Jerusalem and First Deportation (Jehoichin) 597 Fall of Jerusalem and Second Deportation (Zedekiah) 587 587-537 Obadiah 586 Prophets of the Exile-Jeremiah, Ezekiel, II. Isaiah, Daniel 587-537 Death of Nebuchadnezzar 562 Cyrus the Mede (Rise of the Medo-Persian Empire) 539 Division of the Empire, the Diadochoi Beginnings of the Seleucidae in Syria (Babylon) The Septuagint Old Testament (Greek Version) 323 323 320 301 300 284-247 Jonathan Maccabeus Simon Maccabeus Ecclesiastes The Book of Ecclesiasticus The Persecution Times of the Jews Farming of the Priesthood. Temple Desecration Antiochus Epiphanes Rise of the Assideans (Chasidim or Pious) Beginning of the Maccabean Period Judas Maccabeus Death of Antiochus Epiphanes. Religious Liberty Declaration of Jewish Independence John Hyrcanus 135 Samaritan Temple Destroyed 130 Hyrcanus and the Pharisees 130 Rise of the Sadducees and Essenes 130 Herod appointed King by Roman Senate 40 37 Herod murders the last of the Hyrcaneans |