Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Sidetes was a Hellenistic king of the Seleucid Empire during the 2nd century BCE, known for his military campaigns against Jerusalem and his conflict with the Hasmonean leader Yochanan Hyrcanus I, which included the siege of the city.
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Antiochus VII Sidetes is mentioned as the Seleucid king who besieged the city and demanded the dismantling of its fortifications.
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Antiochus VII Sidetes, a successor of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, besieged Jerusalem in an attempt to conquer it.
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