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• The king of Egypt then assembled an army as numerous as the sands of the seashore, with many ships, and set out to take possession of Alexander's kingdom by a ruse and add it to his own kingdom. (1 Maccabees 11, 1)

• He set off for Syria with protestations of peace, and the people of the towns opened their gates to him and came out to meet him, since King Alexander's orders were to welcome him, Ptolemy being his father-in-law. (1 Maccabees 11, 2)

• They explained to the king what Jonathan had done, hoping for his disapproval; but the king said nothing. (1 Maccabees 11, 5)

• Jonathan went in state to meet the king at Joppa, where they greeted each other and spent the night. (1 Maccabees 11, 6)

• Jonathan accompanied the king as far as the river called Eleutherus, and then returned to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 11, 7)

• King Ptolemy for his part occupied the coastal towns as far as Seleucia on the coast, all the while maturing his wicked designs against Alexander. (1 Maccabees 11, 8)

• He sent envoys to King Demetrius to say, 'Come and let us make a treaty; I shall give you my daughter, whom Alexander now has, and you shall rule your father's kingdom. (1 Maccabees 11, 9)

• King Alexander was in Cilicia at the time, since the people of those parts had risen in revolt, (1 Maccabees 11, 14)

• Alexander fled to Arabia for refuge, and King Ptolemy reigned supreme. (1 Maccabees 11, 16)

• Three days later King Ptolemy died, and the Egyptian garrisons in the strongholds were killed by the local inhabitants. (1 Maccabees 11, 18)

• So Demetrius became king in the year 167. (1 Maccabees 11, 19)

• But some renegades who hated their nation made their way to the king and told him that Jonathan was besieging the Citadel. (1 Maccabees 11, 21)