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They took him alive and forced him and his successors to pay heavy taxes, to give hostages, and to surrender India, Media, Lydia, and some of their best lands. They took these and gave them to King Eumenes.[a]

When the Greeks made plans to attack and destroy them,

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  1. 1 Maccabees 8:8 king eumenes: This is King Eumenes II, king of Pergamum from 197–158 B.C.

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