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sand men. 6 And Jonathan came to meet the king at
86 And Jonathan, removed his army from Joppe with glory, and they saluted one another,
thence and camped against Ascalon: and they and they lodged there.
went out of the city to meet him with great hon- 7 And Jonathan went with the king as far as
our. the river, called Eleutherus: and he returned into
87 And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem Jerusalem.
with his people, having many spoils. 8 And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the
88 And it came to pass, when Alexander, cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he
the king heard these words, that he honoured devised evil designs against Alexander.
Jonathan yet more. 9 And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, say-
89 And he sent him a buckle of gold, as the ing: Come, let us make a league between us, and
custom is, to be given to such as are of the royal I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander
blood. And he gave him Accaron, and all the hath, and thou shalt reign in the kingdom of thy
borders thereof, in possession. father.
10 For I repent that I have given him my
daughter: for he hath sought to kill me.
Chapter 11 11 And he slandered him, because he coveted
his kingdom,
And the king of Egypt gathered together an 12 And he took away his daughter, and gave
army, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, her to Demetrius, and alienated himself from
and many ships: and he sought to get the king- Alexander, and his enmities were made manifest.
dom of Alexander by deceit, and join it to his 13 And Ptolemee entered into Antioch, and
own kingdom. set two crowns upon his head, that of Egypt,
2 And he went out into Syria with peaceable and that of Asia.
words and they opened to him the cities, and met 14 Now king Alexander was in Cilicia at that
him: for king Alexander had ordered them to go time: because they that were in those places had
forth to meet him, because he was his father in rebelled.
law. 15 And when Alexander heard of it, he came
3 Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, to give him battle: and king Ptolemee brought
he put garrisons of soldiers in every city. forth his army, and met him with a strong power,
4 And when he came near to Azotns, they and put him to flight.
shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt 16 And Alexander fled into Arabia, there to
with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof, be protected: and king Ptolemee was exalted.
that were destroyed, and the bodies that were 17 And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexan-
cast abroad, and the graves of them that were der’s head, and sent it to Ptolemee.
slain in the battle, which they had made near 18 And king Ptolemee died the third day af-
the way. ter: and they that were in the strong holds were
5 And they told the king that Jonathan had destroyed by them that were within the camp.
done these things, to make him odious: but the 19 And Demetrius reigned in the hundred and
king held his peace. sixty- seventh year.