And that by their policy and patience they had conquered all the place, though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had discomfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did give them tribute every year:
and how, through strategy and persistence, they had conquered the entire region, even though it was very far from them, along with the kings who had come against them from the ends of the earth, until they crushed them and dealt them a great defeat, so that the survivors paid them tribute every year,
