The Bible offers us almost no information about Moses' first forty years of his life except for a brief statement found in the New Testament (Acts 7:22).
The Jewish Historian Josephus, however, claims that Moses was eventually made the military leader of the Egyptians in their war against the Ethiopians. He was ultimately able to overcome the enemy through an agreement he reached with the daughter of the Ethiopian king who wanted to marry him!
"He (Moses) thereupon accepted the offer (of marriage), on condition she would procure the delivering up of the city; and gave her the assurance of an oath to take her to his wife . . . No sooner was the agreement made, but it took effect immediately; and when Moses had cut off the Ethiopians, he gave thanks to God, and consummated his marriage . . ." (Antiquities of the Jews).
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