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They had crushed in battle and conquered Philip, and King Perseus of the Macedonians,[a] and the others who rose up against them. They also had defeated Antiochus the Great, king of Asia, who went to fight against them with one hundred twenty elephants and with cavalry and chariots and a very large army. He was crushed by them; they took him alive and decreed that he and those who would reign after him should pay a heavy tribute and give hostages and surrender some of their best provinces,

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  1. 1 Maccabees 8:5 Or Kittim

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