COELE-SYRIA
[39.] Ptolemy’s general Scopas marched into the upper region during the winter and subdued the Jewish nation....
The siege having been conducted in a desultory manner, Scopas fell into bad repute and was attacked with all the petulance of youth....
Having conquered Scopas, Antiochus took Batanaea, Samaria, Abila, and Gadara;B.C. 200. Antiochus conquers Coele-Syria and the Jews after beating Scopas at Panium. See supra, ch. 18. and after a while those of the Jews who inhabit the sacred town called Jerusalem submitted to him also. On the subject of this town I have a good deal more to say, and especially on account of the splendour of its temple, but I shall put it off to another opportunity.