Seleucus IV Philopator

2nd-century BC Hellenistic king in the Near East

Seleucus IV Philopator was the second son of Antiochus the Great and the seventh king of the Seleucid Empire.

Judeo-Christian Tradition change

According to the book of 2 Maccabees, Seleucus sent Heliodorus (minister) to Judea to tax the Second Temple of Jerusalem but Heliodorus was stopped by angels and came back to Syria empty-handed.

Death change

Heliodorus killed Seleucus to take over the Empire but was defeated by Seleucus’s brother Antiochus IV.