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Seleucus IV Philopator (ca. 218–175 bc). Son of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III; co-regent and successor of Antiochus the Great to the Seleucid throne (187–175 bc). Seleucus IV inherited a massive Roman debt from his father. In order to pay it, he aggressively pursued funds from the Jews’ temple treasury in Jerusalem, which was part of Seleucid territory. He sent his finance minister, Heliodorus, to seize the money (2 Macc 3:7–39; 5:18; Dan 11:20). Seleucus’ reign ended when he was assassinated by a usurping Heliodorus, who barely reigned before Antiochus IV Epiphanes deposed him (175 bc).
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