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1 Maccabees 11
1 Maccabees 11:17
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but an Arab named Zabdiel cut off his head and sent it to Ptolemy.
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But when he heard what Ptolemy had done, he moved to attack him. Ptolemy met him with a large force and won a decisive victory.
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While Ptolemy reached the peak of his power, Alexander fled to Arabia to find protection,
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but an Arab named Zabdiel cut off his head and sent it to Ptolemy.
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Two days later Ptolemy himself died, and the troops he had left in the fortresses were then killed by the local citizens.
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So in the year 167 Demetrius the Second became king.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.