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and he stationed Syrian troops
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that is the Greco-Syrian troops
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in Jerusalem in 167.
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Now things are heating up.
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Around this time changes were made to the temple in Jerusalem.
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It may have been basically to accommodate the soldiers.
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They may have had to house soldiers from the Greco-Syrian empire,
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and they may have used the temple mount apparently to house some of them.
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This caused changes to the temple.
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At this time Menelaus is in charge,
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and his Hellenizing party
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which we could call the radical reformers