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Philip, and Per′seus king of the Macedonians,[a] and the others who rose up against them, they crushed in battle and conquered. They also defeated Anti′ochus the Great, king of Asia, who went to fight against them with a hundred and 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 should 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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