OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 11:8

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But King Ptolemy took control of the cities along the sea coast, to Selucia which is by the sea, and he devised evil plans concerning Alexander.

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Verse 8. Seleucia. Lit. “of the cities to Seleucia, on the sea shore,” ( Bible.) at the mouth of the Orontes, ( Calmet.) or Belus. Ptolemy.

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