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1 Maccabees 14:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Maccabees 14:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 When Arsaces,[a] king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had entered his territory, he sent one of his generals to take him alive.
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- 14:2 Arsaces: Arsaces VI, also called Mithridates I, the Parthian king (171–138 B.C.). Parthians had overrun Persia and now held Babylonia, both of which had hitherto belonged to the Seleucid empire. The Greeks and Macedonians in these countries had appealed to Demetrius for help.
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