Coele-Syria
Ptolemy's general Scopas marched into the upper region
during the winter and subdued the Jewish nation.
The siege having been conducted in a desultory manner,
Scopas fell into bad repute and was attacked with all the
petulance of youth. . . .
Having conquered Scopas, Antiochus took Batanaea,
B. C. 200. Antiochus
conquers Coele-Syria and the Jews after beating Scopas at Panium. See supra, ch. 18. |
Samaria, Abila, and Gadara; and after a while
those of the Jews who inhabit the sacred town
called Jerusalem submitted to him also. On
the subject of this town I have a good deal
more to say, and especially on account of the
splendour of its temple, but I shall put it off to
another opportunity.