1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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I Maccabees 6:16 So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.*

Year of the World 3841. Nine. He began his persecution the year [of the kingdom of the Greeks?] 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)