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.

New Revised Standard Version
From them came forth a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; he had been a hostage in Rome. He began to reign in the one hundred thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

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.

New American Bible
and after his death they all put on diadems, and so did their sons after them for many years, multiplying evils on the earth.

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.