1 Maccabees 11:15
“But when Alexander heard of this, hee came to warre against him, whereupon king Ptolomee brought forth his hoste, and met him with a mightie power, and put him to flight.”
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1 Maccabees 11:15 Context
13Then Ptolomee entred into Antioch, where he set two crownes vpō his head, the crowne of Asia, and of Egypt. 14In the meane season was king Alexander in Cilicia, because those þt dwelt in those parts, had reuolted from him. 15But when Alexander heard of this, hee came to warre against him, whereupon king Ptolomee brought forth his hoste, and met him with a mightie power, and put him to flight. 16So Alexander fled into Arabia, there to be defended, but king Ptolomee was exalted. 17For Zabdiel the Arabian tooke off Alexanders head, and sent it vnto Ptolomee.
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But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him: whereupon king Ptolemee brought forth his host, and met him with a mighty power, and put him to flight.
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