OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 10:50

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He strengthened the battle exceedingly until the sun went down; and Demetrius fell that day.

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Verse 50. Day. A. 3853. Calmet.—The left wing proved stronger. But the right, where Demetrius fought in person, was forced to yield; and the king plunging with horse into a bog, was pierced with arrows, fighting bravely. He had reigned twelve years, and fell a victim to the surrounding kings, whom he had not conciliated. Jos. Just. xxxv. and so forth

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