1 Maccabees 11:8-20
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8 King Ptolemee therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.
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9 Whereupon he sent ambasadors unto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let us make a league betwixt us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in thy father's kingdom:
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10 For I repent that I gave my daughter unto him, for he sought to slay me.
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11 Thus did he slander him, because he was desirous of his kingdom.
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12 Wherefore he took his daughter from him, and gave her to Demetrius, and forsook Alexander, so that their hatred was openly known.
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13 Then Ptolemee entered into Antioch, where he set two crowns upon his head, the crown of Asia, and of Egypt.
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14 In the mean season was king Alexander in Cilicia, because those that dwelt in those parts had revolted from him.
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15 But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him: whereupon king Ptolemee brought forth his host, and met him with a mighty power, and put him to flight.
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16 So Alexander fled into Arabia there to be defended; but king Ptolemee was exalted:
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17 For Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander's head, and sent it unto Ptolemee.
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18 King Ptolemee also died the third day after, and they that were in the strong holds were slain one of another.
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19 By this means Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and seventh year.
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20 At the same time Jonathan gathered together them that were in Judea to take the tower that was in Jerusalem: and he made many engines of war against it.