16 When Antiochus had everything under control, he decided to attack Egypt and make it part of his kingdom.
17 So he got together a powerful army, including chariots and elephants, and he also gathered a large navy. Then he invaded Egypt
18 and attacked the army of King Ptolemy the Sixth, who turned and ran, losing many of his troops.
19 Antiochus captured the Egyptian towns and fortresses and took everything of value.
20 In the year 143 of the Syrian Kingdom, as Antiochus was leading his powerful army home, he attacked Jerusalem.
21 He walked arrogantly right into the Jerusalem temple and took the gold altar, the lampstand, and everything that went with it.
22 He took the table for the sacred loaves of bread as well as the special bowls, the cups for wine offerings, the curtain, the crowns, and the gold pots for burning incense. Antiochus even stripped off every piece of the gold decoration from the front of the temple.