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1 Maccabees 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version
1 Maccabees 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Alexander the Great
1 After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedo′nian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated[a] Darius, king of the Persians and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had previously become king of Greece.) 2 He fought many battles, conquered strongholds, and put to death the kings of the earth.
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- 1 Maccabees 1:1 Greek adds and he defeated
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