Holy Scripture
1 Maccabees 6:2
Source: Septuagint
Original
2and that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there:
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1About that time King Antiochus traveling through the high countries heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia was a city greatly renowned for riches, silver, and gold;
— 1 Maccabees 6:2 —
3wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,
4rose up against him in battle: so he fled, and departed thence with great heaviness, and returned to Babylon.