1 Maccabees 1:18
“And made warre against Ptolomee king of Egypt, but Ptolomee was afraide of him, and fled: and many were wounded to death.”
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1 Maccabees 1:18 Context
16Now when the kingdome was established, before Antiochus, hee thought to reigne ouer Egypt, that he might haue þe dominion of two realms: 17Wherefore he entred into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great nauie, 18And made warre against Ptolomee king of Egypt, but Ptolomee was afraide of him, and fled: and many were wounded to death. 19Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt, and hee tooke the spoiles thereof. 20And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned againe in the hundreth fortie and third yeere, and went vp against Israel and Ierusalem with a great multitude,
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And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt: but Ptolemee was afraid of him, and fled; and many were wounded to death.
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