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He knows everything that happens up to 167,
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and there may be a little hint
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that he even knows about Judas Maccabeus,
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but he doesn't know about anything what happened to the cleansing of the temple.
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He doesn't know about the victory of Judas which happened in 164.
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Notice how this is wonderfully convenient for us modern scholars.
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He gets everything right up to 167
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and everything wrong at 164,
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because notice what happens then, in Chapter 12,
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right as Antiochus IV dies according to his prophecy,
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"At that time Michael the Great Prince, the protector of your people,"
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Michael's an angel, the greatest angel