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13 In the seventeenth year he led his forces against King Arphaxad and defeated him in battle. He routed the whole army of Arphaxad, his entire cavalry force, and all his chariots. 14 He occupied his towns, and, advancing on Ecbatana, he seized its towers, plundered its marketplaces, and reduced its former splendor to ruin. 15 He captured Arphaxad in the mountain regions of Ragau and ran him through with his spears, destroying him once and for all.

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