1 Then the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. (WEB) 2 He went out into Syria with words of peace, and the people of the cities opened their gates to him and met him; for King Alexander’s command was that they should meet him, because he was his father-in-law. (WEB) 3 Now as he entered into the cities of Ptolemais, he set his forces for a garrison in each city. (WEB) 4 But when he came near to Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and its pasture lands destroyed, and the bodies cast out, and those who had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way. (WEB) 5 They told the king what Jonathan had done, that they might cast blame on him; but the king kept silent. (WEB) 6 Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they greeted one another, and they slept there. (WEB) 7 Jonathan went with the king as far as the river that is called Eleutherus, then returned to Jerusalem. (WEB) 8 But King Ptolemy took control of the cities along the sea coast, to Selucia which is by the sea, and he devised evil plans concerning Alexander. (WEB) 9 He sent ambassadors to King Demetrius, saying, “Come! Let’s make a covenant with one another, and I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom; (WEB) 10 for I regret that I gave my daughter to him, for he tried to kill me. (WEB) 11 He accused him, because he coveted his kingdom. (WEB) 12 Taking his daughter from him, he gave her to Demetrius, and was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity was openly seen. (WEB) 13 Ptolemy entered into Antioch, and put on himself the crown of Asia. He put two crowns upon his head, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia. (WEB) 14 But King Alexander was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region were in revolt. (WEB) 15 When Alexander heard of it, he came against him in war. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight. (WEB) 16 Alexander fled into Arabia, that he might be sheltered there; but King Ptolemy was triumphant. (WEB) 17 Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemy. (WEB) 18 King Ptolemy died the third day after, and those who were in his strongholds were slain by the inhabitants of the strongholds. (WEB) 19 Demetrius became king in the one hundred sixty-seventh year. (WEB) 20 In those days Jonathan gathered together the Judeans to take the citadel that was at Jerusalem. He made many engines of war to use against it. (WEB) 21 Some lawless men who hated their own nation went to the king and reported to him that Jonathan was be… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 11:1–74
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3 The thing became known to him, and he said, “Don’t show me their faces!” (WEB) 4 So the army killed them. Then Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom. (WEB) 5 All the lawless and ungodly men of Israel came to him. Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 10:75–77
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1 Maccabees 10:65–67
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1 Maccabees 9:59–61
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1 Maccabees 10:86–88
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1 Maccabees 6:47–49
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