1 Maccabees 8:9

9 And that they who were in Greece had a mind to go and to destroy them: and they had knowledge thereof,

1 Maccabees 8:9 In-Context

7 And how they took him alive, and appointed to him, that both he and they that should reign after him, should pay a great tribute, and that he should give hostages, and that which was agreed upon,
8 And the country of the Indians, and of the Medes, and of the Lydians, some of their best provinces: and those which they had taken from them they gave to king Eumenes.
9 And that they who were in Greece had a mind to go and to destroy them: and they had knowledge thereof,
10 And they sent a general against them, and fought with them, and many of them were slain, and they carried away their wives and their children captives, and spoiled them, and took possession of their land, and threw down their walls, and brought them to be their servants unto this day.
11 And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power.
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