1 Maccabees 1:1-2

Good News Translation

Alexander the Great

1 This history begins when Alexander the Great, son of Philip of Macedonia, marched from Macedonia and attacked Darius, king of Persia and Media. Alexander enlarged the Greek Empire by defeating Darius and seizing his throne. ²He fought many battles, captured fortified cities, and put the kings of the region to death.

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