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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53846" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53846" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> SELEUCUS </strong> . <strong> 1. [[Seleucus]] I </strong> , ( <em> Nikator </em> ), originally a cavalry officer of [[Alexander]] the Great, became satrap of [[Babylon]] on the death of the king. After some vicissitudes his position there was securely established in b.c. 312, from which date the Seleucid era was reckoned ( 1Ma 1:18 ). The battle of Ipsus, b.c. 301, made him master of Syria and great part of the East. He founded [[Antioch]] and its fortified port [[Seleucia]] ( 1Ma 11:8 ), and is said by [[Josephus]] ( <em> Ant. </em> XII. iii. 1) to have conferred on the [[Jews]] the privileges of citizenship. He is the ‘one of his [ <em> i.e. </em> the king of Egypt’s] princes’ ( Daniel 11:5 ). He died b.c. 280. <strong> 2. Seleucus ii </strong> . ( <em> [[Callinicus]] </em> , b.c. 246 226), son of [[Antiochus]] <em> [[Soter]] </em> , is entitled the ‘king of the north’ in the passage ( Daniel 11:7-9 ) which alludes to the utter discomfiture of the [[Syrian]] king and the capture of Seleucia. <strong> 3. Seleucus III </strong> . ( <em> Ceraunus </em> , b.c. 226 223), ‘one of his [Seleucus ii.’s] sons’ ( Daniel 11:10 ), was murdered during a campaign in Asia Minor: the struggle with Egypt was continued by his brother Antiochus ( Daniel 11:10-16 ). <strong> 4. Seleucus IV </strong> . ( <em> Philopator </em> ; but Jos. [Note: Josephus.] , <em> Ant. </em> XII. iv. 10, calls him <em> Soter </em> ), son of Antiochus <em> The Great </em> , reigned b.c. 187 176. He it was who despatched [[Heliodorus]] to plunder the [[Temple]] ( 2Ma 3:1-40 , cf. Daniel 11:20 ). <strong> 5. Seleucus V </strong> . (b.c. 125 124) and <strong> VI </strong> . (b.c. 95 93) are not of importance to the Biblical student. The four first-named belong to the ‘ten horns’ of Daniel 7:24 . </p> <p> J. Taylor. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59961" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59961" /> == | ||
<p> (Σέλευκος '','' a common Greek name), the name of several of the kings of the Greek dominion of Syria (q.v.), hence called that of the Seleucidae. (See Antiochus). Of these one only is named in Scripture, although several are referred to in Daniel 11. </p> | <p> ( '''''Σέλευκος''''' '','' a common Greek name), the name of several of the kings of the Greek dominion of Syria (q.v.), hence called that of the Seleucidae. (See Antiochus). Of these one only is named in Scripture, although several are referred to in Daniel 11. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8016" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8016" /> == | ||
