Parts of Judea, had been the scenes of many of the battles with the King of the South, and suffered casualties and desolation as a result.[xv] Antiochus III adopted the title "the Great King" like Alexander before him and the Greeks also surnamed him "the Great."
Izingxenye zaseJudiya, zaziyizikhumbuzo zezimpi eziningi neNkosi yaseningizimu, futhi ngenxa yalokho zathola ukulimala nokuchithwa ngenxa yalokho. [xv] U-Antiochus III wamukela igama elithi "Inkosi Enkulu" njengo-Alexander ngaphambi kwakhe futhi amaGrikhi ambiza ngegama lokuthi "oMkhulu."