15. He gave him his crown, robe, and official ring, and authorized him to educate his son Antiochus the Fifth and bring him up to be king.
16. King Antiochus died there in the year 149.
17. When Lysias heard that the king had died, he made the young Antiochus king in place of his father. He had brought up Antiochus from childhood and now gave him the name Eupator.
18. Meanwhile, the enemies at the fort in Jerusalem had been blockading the people of Israel in the area round the Temple, constantly causing them trouble and giving support to the Gentiles.
19. So Judas decided to get rid of them and called all the people together to besiege the fort.
20. The people assembled and laid siege to the fort in the year 150. They built siege-platforms and battering-rams.