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|align=right| 2 || '''Antiochus Soter'''|| align=right| 281 BC ||align=right| 20 || align=right | Half-Persian; called ''Soter'' (savior) for defeating [[Gauls]] in [[Asia Minor]] after 278 BC.

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|align=right| 3 || '''Antiochus II Theos'''|| align=right| 261 BC ||align=right| 15 || align=right| Second son of Antiochus Soter; son of Stratonice, Macedonian daughter of Demetrius. In 250 BC, divorced his first wife and married Egyptian king Ptolemy III's daughter Berenice; by 246 BC, left her and his infant son to return to his first wife Laodice in Asia Minor, who poisoned him and proclaimed her son Seleucus II Callinicus king, while her partisans captured Berenice and her son back in Antioch.

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|align=right| 3 || '''Antiochus II Theos'''|| align=right| 261 BC ||align=right| 15 || align=right| Second son of Antiochus Soter; son of Stratonice, Macedonian daughter of Demetrius. In 250 BC, divorced his first wife and married Egyptian king Ptolemy III's daughter Berenice; by 246 BC, left her and his infant son to return to his first wife Laodice in Asia Minor, who poisoned him and proclaimed her son Seleucus II Callinicus king, while her partisans captured Berenice and her son back in Antioch.<ref name=EB1911/>

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|align=right| 4 || '''Seleucus II Callinicus'''|| align=right| 246 BC ||align=right| 20 ||

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|align=right| 6 || '''[[Antiochus III The Great]]'''|| align=right| [[223 BC]] ||align=right| 37 ||

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|align=right| 7 || '''[[Seleucus IV Philopator]]'''|| align=right| [[186 BC]] ||align=right| 11 || align=right|Seleucus IV killed in 175 BC<ref>Bevan, E. R. (1930). "Syria and the Jews" from ''The Cambridge Ancient History'', ed. Cook, S. A. et al. (Cambridge: Cambridge UP), vol. 8, p. 495-496</ref><br>

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|align=right| 7 || '''Seleucus IV Philopator'''|| align=right| 186 BC ||align=right| 11 || align=right|Seleucus IV killed in 175 BC<ref>Bevan, E. R. (1930). "Syria and the Jews" from ''The Cambridge Ancient History'', ed. Cook, S. A. et al. (Cambridge: Cambridge UP), vol. 8, p. 495-496</ref><br>

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|align=right| 8 || '''[[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]]'''|| align=right| [[175 BC]] ||align=right| 12 || align=right| Conquered Egypt in 169 BC; despoiled Jewish temple in Jerusalem

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|align=right| 8 || '''Antiochus IV Epiphanes'''|| align=right| 175 BC ||align=right| 12 || align=right| Conquered Egypt in 169 BC; despoiled Jewish temple in Jerusalem

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|align=right| 9 || '''[[Antiochus V Eupator]]'''|| align=right| [[163 BC]] ||align=right| 2 || align=right| Under his guardian Lysias

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|align=right| 9 || '''Antiochus V Eupator'''|| align=right| 163 BC ||align=right| 2 || align=right| Under his guardian Lysias

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|align=right| 10 || '''[[Demetrius Soter]]'''|| align=right| [[161 BC]] ||align=right| 11 || align=right|Attacked Israel; later made a league with Jonathan against his successor<ref>Josephus, Flavius (93 A.D.). [https://archive.org/details/genuineworksoffl01jose ''The Antiquities of the Jews''] translated by William Whiston (London: James Cundee, 1806. Reprinted Boston: Samuel Walker, 1849), vol. 1, book 13, ch. 2, pp. 457-458. Retrieved from Internet Archive website.</ref>

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|align=right| 10 || '''Demetrius Soter'''|| align=right| 161 BC ||align=right| 11 || align=right|Attacked Israel; later made a league with Jonathan against his successor<ref>Josephus, Flavius (93 A.D.). [https://archive.org/details/genuineworksoffl01jose ''The Antiquities of the Jews''] translated by William Whiston (London: James Cundee, 1806. Reprinted Boston: Samuel Walker, 1849), vol. 1, book 13, ch. 2, pp. 457-458. Retrieved from Internet Archive website.</ref>

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|align=right| 11 || '''[[Alexander Bala]]'''|| align=right| [[150 BC]] ||align=right| 5 ||

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