Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

450 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
made his soldiers to encamp before it, opposite to
the Sea of Philistia, so that they might not escape,
for there was no other way from their city except
on the eastern side; then he went round about
their country and destroyed the inhabitants with
the sword of iron, and he left no man [alive]
among them. And he made their city to be
inhabited by the peoples of Japhet who had knowledge
of God Almighty, and Alexander wrought
judgment and righteousness. And he commanded
the sea and it dried up, for he worshipped God
Almighty, and in all his ways he wished to do
that which was right before Him ;
and
he desired
not women, nor the children which please them,
but he wished [p. 269] that which was right before
God Almighty Who had given him sovereignty
over the earth, and Who would, after death, give
unto him a heavenly kingdom, which is better for
those who love Him than a wife and children, or
than all the things which give pleasure. Thus
Alexander Alexander subdued these peoples from the land
conquers all
the east, of Medyam (Media) to the place where the sun
rises, that is to say to Irak (Mesopotamia), and
Barsisa (Persia), and from Arisedek to Gaos, and
he put away all their polluted things and their
idols, and wiped them out with the edge of the
sword. Moreover he went round about doine o
battle with these unclean nations, and he made
those who had a knowledge of God Almighty,
and who abode patiently His law, and who wrought
His will, to inherit their lands.