A dictionary of the . city of Benjamin, 1 : 60; called also Almon, Josh. 21: 18;probably the modern Almit, 4 milesnorth-east of Jerusalem, and about 1mile north-east of Anata, the ancientAnathoth. ALEXANDER (man-defender). son of Simon the 15: 21. 2. A distinguished Jew who,with others, took part againstPeter and John. Acts 4: 6. 3. A Jew of Ephesus who tooka conspicuous part in the contro-versy between Paul and the popu-lace of that city, and attempted,without success, to quell the com-motion. Acts 19: 33. 4. A coppersmith and apostatefrom Christianity, whom
A dictionary of the . city of Benjamin, 1 : 60; called also Almon, Josh. 21: 18;probably the modern Almit, 4 milesnorth-east of Jerusalem, and about 1mile north-east of Anata, the ancientAnathoth. ALEXANDER (man-defender). son of Simon the 15: 21. 2. A distinguished Jew who,with others, took part againstPeter and John. Acts 4: 6. 3. A Jew of Ephesus who tooka conspicuous part in the contro-versy between Paul and the popu-lace of that city, and attempted,without success, to quell the com-motion. Acts 19: 33. 4. A coppersmith and apostatefrom Christianity, whom Paulmentions in terms of severe re-proach. 1 Tim. 1 : 19. 20 and 2Tim. 4: 14. ALEXANDER THEGREAT, the famous king ofMacedonia and conqueror, 323. He brought Europe andAsia into contact, made the Greekthe ruling language of civiliza-tion, and thus unconsciously pre- pared the way for the spiritual conquestof the gospel. He is not mentioned byname in the canonical books, but in theApocrypha, 1 Mace. 1 : 1-9; 6 : 2, and. Head of Alexander the Great. (On a coin ofLysimachus, kinj of Thrace.) is meant in the prophecies of Daniel,where he is represented first as thebelly of brass in Nebuchadnezzars37 ALE ALE dream of the colossal statue, 2 : 39, andthen in the vision of Daniel, under thefigures of a leopard with four wings,and a one-horned he-goat, to indicatehis great strength and the swiftness ofhis conquests, 7:6; 8:5-7; 11:3, succeeded his father, Philip, b. , conquered Syria, Palestine, Egypt,destroyed the Persian empire and sub-stituted the Grecian, but died at the ageof 32, from the effects of intemperance,in Babylon, and was buried in Alexan-dria, which he had founded, b. c. conquests were divided among hisfour generals. Josephus relates thatafter the siege of Tyre he visited Jeru-salem ; and being shown the prophecyof Daniel concerning himself, he grant-ed the Jews everywhere the most im-portant privileges. But the heathenhistorians ignore this eve
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