Seleucus


Seleucus I

When Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C., his empire was split up among his four generals. Judea was given to Seleucus I then was annexed by Ptolemy of Egypt in 320 B.C.

(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. Old Testament and New Testament Apocrypha by R. K. Harrison, Page 80-81.)