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1 Maccabees 1:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Maccabees 1:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Alexander the Great
1 After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated[a] King Darius 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 Gk adds and he defeated
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