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For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and he attempted to rob a temple and to control the city. Therefore the multitudes rushed in and the people of the country turned to defend themselves with weapons; and it came to pass that Antiochus was put to flight by the people of the country and broke his camp with disgrace.
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Verse 2. Persepolis; otherwise called Elymais, ( Challoner.) a chief ( Worthington.) “city of Persia.” Hence Elymais may be called Persepolis. Bible.—The famous city of this name, where Cyrus had built a palace to the astonishment of the world, had been ( Calmet.) burnt by Alexander when intoxicated, and urged on by a harlot. Curt. verse 15.—Noble ruins still remain on the Araxes.
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