8. And Alexander reigned twelve years, and then he died.
9. And his servants obtained his kingdom, each one in his place.
10. And they all put diadems on themselves after his death, and their sons after them, for many years; and evils were multiplied on the earth.
11. And there went forth from among them a sinful root, Antiochus the illustrious, the son of king Antiochus, who had been a hostage at Rome. And he reigned in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.