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<p> '''''ū´pa''''' -'''''tor''''' ( Εὐπάτωρ , <i> '''''Eupátōr''''' </i> , "of noble father"): The name given to Antiochus V who had succeeded his father Antiochus [[Iv]] (Epiphanes), 164 bc, while still a child under the guardianship of [[Lysias]] (1 Macc 3:32; 6:17). In the absence of Philip, a friend and foster-brother of the child's father, whom on his deathbed he had appointed guardian for his son, Lysias continued his duty as guardian, set the king upon the throne and named him Eupator. [[Shortly]] after his accession he collected a large army and marched against Jerusalem, accompanied by Lysias, for the relief of a [[Syrian]] garrison that was hard pressed by [[Judas]] Maccabeus (1 Macc 6:19ff). Judas was repulsed at Bethzacharias and after a severe struggle [[Bethsura]] was captured (1 Macc 6:31-50). The [[Jewish]] force in the temple was hard pressed and indeed reduced to the last extremity (1 Macc 6:53), when Lysias, hearing that his rival [[Philip]] had returned from [[Persia]] and had made himself master of [[Antioch]] (Josephus, <i> Ant </i> , Xii , ix, 5 f), made a hasty peace and returned to meet Philip, whom he easily overpowered. In the following year (162 bc) Antiochus and Lysias were put to death by [[Demetrius]] Soter, son of Seleucus, in requital of wrongs inflicted upon himself by Antiochus [[Epiphanes]] (1 Macc 7:2-4; 2 Macc 14:1, 2; Josephus, <i> Ant </i> , Xii , x, 1). </p>