Parallel 1MA 7:8

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐπέλεξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Βακχίδην τῶν φίλων τοῦ βασιλέως, κυριεύοντα ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ μέγαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ, καὶ πιστὸν τῷ βασιλεῖ.
(Kai epelexen ho basileus ton Bakⱪidaʸn tōn filōn tou basileōs, kurieuonta en tōi peran tou potamou, kai megan en taʸ basileia, kai piston tōi basilei. )

BrTr Then the king chose Bacchides, a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.

WEBBE So the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s[fn] friends, who was ruler in the country beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.

7:8 See 1 Maccabees 2:18.

KJB-1611 Then the king chose Bacchides a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the flood, and was a great man in the kingdome, and faithfull to the king.
(Then the king chose Bacchides a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the flood, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.)