Macedonian

MACEDONIAN, in the Books of Scripture written in Greek; this Word is sometimes used in an appellative Sense, for an Enemy to the Jews. Thus in the Additions to the Book of Esther, it is said that Haman was a Macedonian by Nation and Inclination; and that he was desirous to transfer the Empire of the Persians to the Macedonians; that is to say, to the greatest Enemies of the State, taking Matters upon the Footing they were when these Additions were written, which was evidently after the Fall of the Empire of the Persians, by the Conquests of Alexander the Great. For before this Time the Macedonians gave but little Umbrage to the Persians; and in the Time of Esther and Mordecai, they were not much feared at Shushan.

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