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But now Alexander made haste with a numerous and great army, and
came out of Cilicia into Syria, and burnt the country belonging to Antioch,
and pillaged it; whereupon Ptolemy, and his son-in-law Demetrius, brought
their army against him, (for he had already given him his daughter in marriage,)
and beat Alexander, and put him to flight; and accordingly he fled into
Arabia. Now it happened in the time of the battle that Ptolemy' horse,
upon hearing the noise of an elephant, cast him off his back, and threw
him on the ground; upon the sight of which accident, his enemies fell upon
him, and gave him many wounds upon his head, and brought him into danger
of death; for when his guards caught him up, he was so very ill, that for
four days' time he was not able either to understand or to speak. However,
Zabdiel, a prince among the Arabians, cut off Alexander's head, and sent
it to Ptolemy, who recovering of his wounds, and returning to his understanding,
on the fifth day, heard at once a most agreeable hearing, and saw a most
agreeable sight, which were the death and the head of Alexander; yet a
little after this his joy for the death of Alexander, with which he was
so greatly satisfied, he also departed this life. Now Alexander, who was
called Balas, reigned over Asia five years, as we have elsewhere related.
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