The Cambridge Bible for schools and colleges . Tetradrachm of Alexander Balas. Obv. Head of Alexander, with diadem, and chlamys round neck. Rev. BA2T-AEnS AAE3ANAP0Y: date rSP= 163 of Seleucid era. Eagle, standing upon beakof galley; over its shoulder, palm-branch. (From Smiths Diet, of the Bible. See also Brit. Mus. Cat. of Coins, SeleucidKings of Syria, PI. XV.) went up] Cf. note on vii. ] See note on v. there] Cf. vii. i. 2. forth to meet him in battle] In his first battleDemetrius defeated Alexander, but as the latter was promptly reinforcedby the th

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The Cambridge Bible for schools and colleges . Tetradrachm of Alexander Balas. Obv. Head of Alexander, with diadem, and chlamys round neck. Rev. BA2T-AEnS AAE3ANAP0Y: date rSP= 163 of Seleucid era. Eagle, standing upon beakof galley; over its shoulder, palm-branch. (From Smiths Diet, of the Bible. See also Brit. Mus. Cat. of Coins, SeleucidKings of Syria, PI. XV.) went up] Cf. note on vii. ] See note on v. there] Cf. vii. i. 2. forth to meet him in battle] In his first battleDemetrius defeated Alexander, but as the latter was promptly reinforcedby the three kings who had set him up as a claimant for the crown(Ptolemy VI Philometor, Attalus II of Pergamus, and Ariarathes V ofCappadocia), and as the Syrians still continued in considerable numbersto desert from him, he reaped no benefit frona his success. 3. with words of peace] Cf. i. 30, v. 47. so as to magnify hi77i\ It is not meant that he flattered him, but thathe wrote to him in terms recognising the importance of his position. 6. gave hi

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