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1 Maccabees 8:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 8:6-8
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 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;(A) 7 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:(B) 8 the countries of India, Media, and Lydia. These they took from him and gave to King Eumenes.
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