5 And he captured the regions of nations and of sovereign leaders, and they became tributaries to him.
6 And after these things, he fell down on his bed, and he knew that he would die.
7 And he called his servants, nobles who were raised with him from his youth. And he divided his kingdom to them, while he was still alive.
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.