Alexander spares Jerusalem
Daniel 8:20–21; Nehemiah 12:22
According to Josephus, the high priest Jaddua went out to meet Alexander in his robes; the conqueror bowed, worshiped at the temple, and was shown Daniel's prophecy of a Greek king.
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia. The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Daniel 8:20–21 (World English Bible)
While Alexander besieged Tyre, he demanded supplies from Jerusalem, and the high priest Jaddua refused because of his oath to Darius. Alexander vowed revenge. But when he came, Jaddua led out the priests in their linen and the people in white. Alexander bowed before the high priest, saying he had seen a man dressed like him in a dream back in Macedonia, promising him Asia.
Josephus says the priests then showed Alexander the book of Daniel, which foretold that a Greek would destroy the Persian Empire, and that Alexander allowed the Jews to live by their own laws. Jaddua is the last high priest named in the Old Testament (Nehemiah 12:22).
Ancient witnesses outside the Bible
Historical sources, not Scripture.
Dating notes
Told only by Josephus (Antiquities, book 11) and later Jewish tradition. Many historians doubt it because Alexander's own historians don't mention a visit. Ussher accepts it and dates it to 332 BC, between the sieges of Tyre and Gaza.