DANIEL—NOTE ON Daniel 11:20 Seleucus IV Philopater (reigned 187–175 B.C.) succeeded his father, Antiochus III the Great. Seleucus IV sent a “tax collector,” Heliodorus, to collect the money to pay Rome their yearly tribute of 1,000 talents. He even tried to steal from the temple in Jerusalem, but decided against it after being terrified by a dream. Seleucus IV was not killed in anger, or in battle, but was poisoned by Heliodorus.

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