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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
And after he had stablished [his] kingdom in
righteousness he enquired concerning those who
were wont to sin against God Almighty, and he
rose up and blotted them out, and destroyed all
their idols, and rooted them out. And it came to
pass that Alexander heard that there were nations
The nations who Were living without any knowledge of God
Magog^ d"e- Almighty their Lord, and who did nothing but
stroyed.
^^^ ^^^ dHnk, and commit fornication, and be
wanton in a lawless fashion. And as did the
children of Cain in the days of Noah until God
Almighty brought down upon them the waters
of the Flood and blotted them out, even so did
these nations who were of the peoples of the
Medanoweyan (Medes) and of Amalek; and they
had holes and caverns in the rocks, and when a
man made war upon them they were wont to
retreat into them and to hide themselves, and they
could not be found.
And Alexander prayed unto God Almighty in
purity of heart, and the angel of God told him as
he prayed to blot out these nations in the waters
of the Red Sea. Then Alexander sent a message
unto them, [saying] that he would make war upon
them, and he ordered [his own men] to stand
upon their feet and to sound the horn, but those
nations hid themselves accordino to their wont in
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their holes and caverns in the rocks. Then
Alexander crossed over the Red Sea, and laid it
bare by his prayers, and the waters thereof were
poured out upon them; and in one night those