1 Maccabees 8:8

8 the countries of India, Media, and Lydia. These they took from him and gave to King Eumenes.

1 Maccabees 8:8 In-Context

6 They also had defeated Antiochus the Great, king of Asia, who went to fight against them with one hundred twenty elephants and with cavalry and chariots and a very large army. He was crushed by them;

7 they took him alive and decreed that he and those who would reign after him should pay a heavy tribute and give hostages and surrender some of their best provinces,

8 the countries of India, Media, and Lydia. These they took from him and gave to King Eumenes.

9 The Greeks planned to come and destroy them,

10 but this became known to them, and they sent a general against the Greeks and attacked them. Many of them were wounded and fell, and the Romans took captive their wives and children; they plundered them, conquered the land, tore down their strongholds, and enslaved them to this day.