1 Maccabees 11:17
“For Zabdiel the Arabian tooke off Alexanders head, and sent it vnto Ptolomee.”
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1 Maccabees 11:17 Context
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. 18King Ptolemee also died the third day after, & they that were in the strong holds, were slaine one of another. 19By this meanes Demetrius reigned in the hundreth, threescore and seuenth yeere.
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For Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander's head, and sent it unto Ptolemee.
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