Good News Translation
The wicked ruler Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus the Third of Syria, was a descendant of one of Alexander's generals. Antiochus Epiphanes had been a hostage in Rome before he became king of Syria in the year 137.

Contemporary English Version
Antiochus Epiphanes, the evil son of King Antiochus the Third of Syria, was a descendant of one of these generals and had been a hostage in Rome. Then in the year 137 of the Syrian Kingdom, he became its ruler.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they all put crowns upon themselves after his death, and their sons after them, many years; and evils were multiplied in the earth.

And they all put crowns upon themselves after his death, and their sons after them, many years; and evils were multiplied in the earth.

1 Maccabees 1:8
And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.

1 Maccabees 1:9
And his servants made themselves kings, every one in his place:

1 Maccabees 1:11
And there came out of them a wicked root, Antiochus the Illustrious, the son of king Antiochus, who had been a hostage at Rome: and he reigned in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

1 Maccabees 1:12
In those days there went out of Israel wicked men, and they persuaded many, saying: Let us go and make a covenant with the heathens that are round about us: for since we departed from them, many evils have befallen us.