 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Antiochus III anotaurwa muMabhuku aMakabhii eDeuterocanonical. Bhuku raMakabhi rinotaura nezvokumukira kwavakaita mwanakomana waAntiochus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Antiochus III anotanga kutaurwa nezvake pana 1 Maccabees 1:10, apo Antiochus IV anoziviswa samwanakomana waMambo Antiochus Antiochus III. Antiochus III anotaurwa gare gare muna 1 Maccabees 8, iyo inorondedzera ruzivo rwaJudhasi Maccabeus rwezviito zveRepublic yeRoma, kusanganisira kutaura kwekukundwa kwaAntiochus III nevaRoma. NRSV inoti Ivo vaRoma vakanga vakundawo Antiochus Mukuru, mambo weAsia, uyo akaenda kundorwa navo nenzou zana namakumi maviri nevatasvi vamabhiza nengoro nehondo huru kwazvo. Akapwanywa navo; vakamutora ari mupenyu ndokugadza kuti iye naavo vaizotonga pashure pake vaifanira kuripa mutero mukuru uye kupa vasungwa uye kupa mamwe amativi avo akanakisisa, nyika dzeIndia, Media, uye Lydia. Izvi vakazvitora kwaari ndokuzvipa kuna Mambo Eumenes. 1 Maccabees 8:6-8 