Editing Antiochus III the Great (section)

==Antiochus and the Jews==
Antiochus III resettled 2000 Jewish families from [[Babylonia]] into the Hellenistic Anatolian regions of [[Lydia]] and [[Phrygia]].<ref name=" Freedman, David Noel 2000 61 ">{{cite book |title= Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible |publisher= Amsterdam University Press |year= 2000 |page= 61|isbn= 978-90-5356-503-2 |quote= Jewish settlements in the interior of Asia Minor were known as early as the 3rd century BC when Antiochus III resettled 2000 Jewish families from Babylonia into Lydia and Phrygia }}</ref> [[Josephus]] portrays him as friendly towards the Jews of Jerusalem and cognizant of their loyalty to him (see [[Antiquities of the Jews]], Book XII, Chapter 3),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sefaria.org/The_Antiquities_of_the_Jews.12.3.3|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202134658/https://www.sefaria.org/The_Antiquities_of_the_Jews.12.3.3?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en|url-status=dead|title=The Antiquities of the Jews 12:3:3|archive-date=2 December 2021|website=Sefaria.org|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> in stark contrast to the attitude of his son. In fact, Antiochus III lowered taxes, granted subventions to the Temple, and let the Jews live, as Josephus puts it, "according to the law of their forefathers."<ref>E. Bickerman, "La Charte séleucide de Jérusalem," REJ 100 (1935): 4–35.</ref>