1 Maccabees 11:17

17 Zabdiel the Arab cut off the head of Alexander and sent it to Ptolemy.

1 Maccabees 11:17 In-Context

15 When Alexander heard of it, he came against him in battle. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.
16 So Alexander fled into Arabia to find protection there, and King Ptolemy was triumphant.
17 Zabdiel the Arab cut off the head of Alexander and sent it to Ptolemy.
18 But King Ptolemy died three days later, and his troops in the strongholds were killed by the inhabitants of the strongholds.
19 So Demetrius became king in the one hundred sixty-seventh year.
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