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        <p> <strong> ATTALUS </strong> . King of Pergamum (b.c. 159 138). He was one of the kings to whom the [[Roman]] [[Senate]] is said to have written in support of the Jews in the time of [[Simon]] the [[Maccabee]] ( 1Ma 15:22 ). </p>

        <p> '''''at´a''''' -'''''lus''''' : King of Pergamum, mentioned in 1 Macc 15:22 among the kings to whom was sent an edict ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xiv , viii, 5) from Rome forbidding the persecution of the Jews. See [[Attalia]] . </p>

        <p> ( ῎Ατταλος, a [[Macedonian]] name of uncertain signification), a king of Pergamus in the time of the [[Jewish]] prince [[Simon]] ( [[Maccabees]] 11:22), and, as would appear from the connected circumstances, about B.C. 139; a closer determination of the date depends upon the year of the consul [[Lucius]] (q.v.), named in the same connection ( Acts 14:16), which is itself doubtful. As [[Attalus]] was the name of three kings of Pergamus, who reigned respectively B.C. 241-197, 159-198 (Philadelphus), 138-133 (Philometor), and were all faithful allies of the Romans (Liv. 45:13), it is uncertain whether the letters sent from Rome in favor of the Jews ( 1 Maccabees 15:22) were addressed to Attalus II (Polyb. 25:6; 31:9; 32:3, 5, 8, etc., 25 sq.; Just. 35:1; 36:4, 5; App. Milh. 62), known as the "friend of the [[Roman]] people" (Strabo, 13, p. 624), or Attalus III (Philometor), the nephew and successor of Attalus II, and son of [[Eumenes]] II, who ascended the throne B.C. 138, and by whose testament the kingdom of Pergamus passed over (B.C. 133) into the hands of the Romans (Justin, 36:4; Flor. 2:20; Strabo, 13:624). [[Josephus]] quotes a decree of the Pergamenes in favor of the Jews (Ant. 14, 10. 22) in the time of Hyrcanus, about B.C. 112 (comp. Revelation 2:12-17). — Smith, s.v. </p>

        <ref name="term_44888"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/attalus Attalus from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref>

        <ref name="term_49394"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/attalus Attalus from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_1288"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/attalus Attalus from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

        <ref name="term_21591"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/attalus Attalus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>