Chapter Six

Professor Alexander Pavlovich Lopukhin. Explanatory Bible. Commentary on the First Book of Maccabees, Chapter 3. Chapter VI. The death of Antiochus Epiphanes (cf. 2 Mac, ch. IX) (1–17). Complaint of the Jewish renegades and the Syrian garrison of Antiochus Eupator against Judas, and the king’s extensive preparations for a new campaign against Judea (18–30). Siege of Beth-zur and the battle at Beth-zechariah (31–47). Siege of the temple mount fortifications, surrender of Beth-zur (48–54). Conclusion of an armistice; the king’s treachery and withdrawal to Antioch (55–63) (cf. Jos. Antt. XII, 9, 3–7 and 2 Mac XII: 18–27).