20“His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle.
20“Then in his place one will arise who will allow an 11:20 Or tax collectoroppressor to pass through the 11:20 Lit splendor; i.e., prob. Jerusalem and its templeJewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger nor in battle.
20“Then in his place one will arise who will send an oppressor through the Lit adornment; i.e. probably Jerusalem and its templeJewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle.
20“Then in his place one (his eldest son, Seleucus IV Philopator) will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be 11:20 Seleucus IV was poisoned soon after coming to power.shattered, though not in anger nor in battle.
20In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.
20“The next king after him will send someone out to collect taxes. The taxes will help maintain the glory of his kingdom. But in a few years the king will be destroyed. It will not happen because someone becomes angry with him or kills him in battle.