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A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 447<br />

night, and victory was given unto him whether<br />

in the hunting of wild beasts or whether in fighting<br />

with the enemy.<br />

CHAPTER II.<br />

And it came to pass that God Almighty sent<br />

a mighty demon against the king of Kelkedon<br />

and vexed him therewith, for he worshipped idols,<br />

and he rose up against his wife and children and<br />

slew them with the sword—now these things <strong>Alexander</strong><br />

happened by [the will of] God Almighty—andittag^^<br />

he said, "<strong>Alexander</strong>, the son of Philip, shall be<br />

"my son," and having made him king he died<br />

straightway. Then <strong>Alexander</strong> commanded the<br />

people to act uprightly before God Almighty, and<br />

to overthrow the temples of their idols, and their<br />

diviners, and all those who used enchantments, The vast ex-<br />

and afterwards he became king of Medan (Media), ander-s em-<br />

and of Babylon, and of the Kaladaweyan (Chal-'""'<br />

deans), and of Babylon of Egypt, and of Nineveh,<br />

and of Ephesus (?), and of Cyprus. And no man<br />

could resist him, and no man transgressed his<br />

orders during all the days of his reign unto thenishoiyiife.<br />

day of his death. For he placed his trust' in God<br />

Almighty and prayed unto Him with a pure heart<br />

and with a pure body, and pure prayer is more<br />

acceptable unto God Almighty [p. 267] than sacri-<br />

fices of rams and bulls, or than the flesh of beasts<br />

[captured in] battle.^<br />

' Read •f'tohti ' ' Compare i Samuel xv. 22.

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