Attalds
Attalus II. Philadelphus was king of Pergamum l.'))-l.'i8 B.C. He promoted the imposture of Alexander lialas, who claimed to be a son of Antiochus Kpiphanes (Justin, x.xxv. 1), and sent a body of troops to Syria to 8u]iport the pretender. \\ hen the eniba.s.sy sent by Simon Maccakrus came to Rome (B.C.
139), the Senate passed a decree in favour of the Jews, and wrote to the kinijs of Pergamum, Egypt, Syria, Cappadocia, and Parthia, and to several small aiitoMonious States, instructing them to respect the independence of the Jewish territory. Josephua (Anl. XIV. viii. 5) records a decree of the Senate in favour of the Jews, which he assigns to the time of Hyrcanus II.
But the terms and cir cumstances of this decree resemble so closely those of the decree referred to in 1 Mac IS'"'^, that many modem scholars consider that the Senatus- consultum preserved by Josephus is really to be connected with the embassy of Simon. Cf. esp Schurer, HJP I. i. 266 ff. H. A. White. ATTENDANCE in the obs. meaning of attention is found 1 Ti 4'» 'Till I come give a. (RV 'heed ') to reading.' Cf. Barrow, Works, vol. iii. sec.
22, ' What is learning but diligent attendance to in- struction of masters ? ' The same Gr. verb (n-poir^x") is used He 7" 'no man gave a. at the altar'; but it is generally tr'' ' give heed to,' as Ac 8'- '"• " : in 1 Ti 3" it is used in a bad sense 'given to much wine.' In 1 Mac IS** attendance = retinue. J. Hastings. ATTENT and 'attentive' were both in use, and both are found in AV without diB'erence of mean- ing, the former in 2 Ch 6" ' let thine ears be attent unto the prayer,' and 7". J.
HASTINGS. ATTHARATES (A 'ATflopiTiji, B ' A.Trapa.rl,), I Ea 9. — A corruption of tne title 'the Tirshatha,' cf. Neh 8', and see Attharias. ATTHARIAS {'Areaplas, AV Atharias).— A cor- ruption of NOf'iW ' the Tirshatha,' which appears as a proper name in I Es S, cf. Ezr 'i™ 'A$epaa$i, A {'ADfpaai, B). The mention of ' Nehemias a,nd Atharias ' in 1 Es is doubly a mistake ; Zerubbabel the Tirshatha is referred to. H. St. J. Thackeray.