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1 Maccabees 10:1-2
Good News Translation
1 Maccabees 10:1-2
Good News Translation
Alexander Epiphanes Makes Jonathan High Priest
10 In the year 160,[a] Alexander Epiphanes,[b] son of Antiochus the Fourth, landed at Ptolemais and captured it. The people welcomed him as their king. 2 When King Demetrius heard of it, he gathered a large army and went out to meet him in battle.
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- 1 Maccabees 10:1 the year 160: This corresponds to 152 B.C.
- 1 Maccabees 10:1 alexander epiphanes: Alexander Epiphanes is more widely known as Alexander Balas.
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