1 Maccabees 3

Question 1

What forces did Seron command?

Answer 1

Syrian Forces

1 Maccabees 3:13

Question 2

What time frames does 1 Maccabees chapter 3 take place?

Answer 2

170-160 BC

Question 3

What areas did the Seleucid realm cover?

Answer 3

Syria, Asia Minor, Judaea

Question 4

What was the capital of Syria?

Answer 4

Antioch

1 Maccabees 3:37

Question 5

What is the name of Antiochus IV son?

Answer 5

Eupator (Antiochus V)

Question 6

What does Eupator mean?

Answer 6

Born of a noble father

Question 7

How did Ephiphanes continue to pay his troops for a year in advance?

Answer 7

Invaded Persia and took their tribute money

1 Maccabees 3:30-31

Question 8

In what city were the Israelites being sold as slaves?

Answer 8

Emmaus

1 Maccabees 3:40

Question 9

List the Seleucid generals who led campaigns against the Maccabean Revolt.

Answer 9

Apollonius, Seron, Ptolemy Macron, Nicanor, Gorgias, Lysias

Question 10

Who was Ptolemy Macron’s father?

Answer 10

Dorymenes

1 Maccabees 3:38

Question 11

Who is Lysias?

Answer 11

Kinsman of Ephiphanes and tutor to the crown prince

1 Maccabees 3:32-33

Question 12

1 Maccabees 3:48 And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.

What is this act known as in today’s terms?

Answer 12

Iconoclasm

Question 13

What land did the residue of Seron’s army flee to after they were defeated?

Answer 13

Land of the Philistines

1 Maccabees 3:24

Question 14

Who is Apollonius?

Answer 14

Seleucid general who was military governor in Samaria

Question 15

Why were the workers of iniquity troubled by Judas Maccabaeus?

Answer 15

These were our people who joined with the heathen and would be put to death along with them
(1 Maccabees 2:44, Isaiah 13:15)

Question 16

How did Judas make our forefather Jacob glad with his acts?

Answer 16

By keeping the law, bearing rule, and having power

Sirach 44:1-3

Question 17

Judas smote many kings during his time. What other forefather is known for doing the same?

Answer 17

Joshua

Joshua 1:1-5, Joshua 10:22-26

Question 18

Why was Judas’s memorial blessed?

Answer 18

He was righteous and kept the laws

Proverbs 10:7

Question 19

What general was sent by Antiochus IV after Apollonius was put to death?

Answer 19

Seron