1 Maccabees 1:1-2

Wycliffe Bible

1 And it was done, after that Alexander (the son) of Philip, king of Macedonia, which reigned first in Greece, and went out of the land of Kittim, smote Darius, king of Persians and of Medes/king of Persia and of Media,

² he ordained many battles [or and ordained many battles], and got strengths (or strongholds) of (or from) all; and he slew the kings of (the) earth,