A general of Antiochus Epiphanes, who is described as 'a mighty man of the king's friends' (1Ma 3:38), and a captain who 'had experience in matters of war' (2Ma 8:9). When Antiochus set out on his Parthian campaign (b.c. 166 or 165), his chancellor, Lysias, who was charged with the suppression of the revolt in Pal., despatched a large army to Jud