10:1
Alexander of Macedonia advances eastward and approaches Yerushalayim after victories over Persian power.
10:2
The kohen ha-gadol and the people meet him in ceremonial order; Alexander is said to recognize a figure like the high priest from a prior dream.
10:3
He honors the sanctuary rather than destroying it and receives explanation from the writings associated with Dani’el that a Greek ruler would overturn Persia.
10:4
Conflict with Shomron and rival claims to Alexander’s favor follows in some recensions.
10:5
The chapter makes Alexander a hinge between Persian rule and the Hellenistic age without importing the much larger Alexander Romance here; those expansions are separated in an appendix.