No events are recorded for 337 BC.
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Artaxerxes Ochus deports rebellious Jews to Hyrcania
The Persian king deported a group of Jews who had revolted against his rule to Hyrcania.
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- Artaxerxes Ochus
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Expulsions record persecution of Jews, not wrongdoing by Jews. Why this matters
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Antiochus IV outlaws Judaism
The Seleucid king banned circumcision, Sabbath observance and Torah study, rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem to Zeus and ordered Jews to make pagan sacrifices on pain of death. The persecution provoked the Maccabean revolt.
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- King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid Empire)
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