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*[[Ptolemy IV Philopator]], 221-203 BCE | *[[Ptolemy IV Philopator]], 221-203 BCE | ||
**Married Arsinoe III | **Married Arsinoe III | ||
**Defeated the Seleucid King [[Antiochus III the Great]] | |||
**Was made the protagonist of the events narrated in [[3 Maccabees]] | |||
*[[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]], 203-181 BCE | *[[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]], 203-181 BCE | ||
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Ptolemaic Kings reigned in the 3rd century over Judea.
List of Ptolemaic Kings, and years in office
- Ptolemy I Soter, 303-285 BCE
- Married first (probably) Thaïs, secondly Artakama, thirdly Eurydice and finally Berenice I
- Founded the Library of Alexandria
- Took control of the land of Israel, around 301 BCE
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 285-246 BCE
- Married Arsinoe I, then Arsinoe II Philadelphus
- Ruled jointly with Ptolemy the Son (267 BC-259 BCE)
- According to the Letter of Aristeas (and Josephus), commissioned the Greek translation of the Torah (the so-called Septuagint)
- Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-221 BCE
- Married Berenice II
- Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221-203 BCE
- Married Arsinoe III
- Defeated the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great
- Was made the protagonist of the events narrated in 3 Maccabees
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 203-181 BCE
- Married Cleopatra I
- Lost control of the land of Israel to the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great
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