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In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said that he was a priest and a Levite, and Ptolemy his son brought to Egypt the preceeding Letter of Purim, which they said was genuine and had been translated by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy, one of the residents of Jerusalem. (Esther 11, 1)
He engaged Ptolemy king of Egypt in battle, and Ptolemy turned and fled before him, and many were wounded and fell. (1 Maccabees 1, 18)
Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor and Gorgias, mighty men among the friends of the king, (1 Maccabees 3, 38)
Then Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt with the following message: (1 Maccabees 10, 51)
Ptolemy the king replied and said, "Happy was the day on which you returned to the land of your fathers and took your seat on the throne of their kingdom. (1 Maccabees 10, 55)
So Ptolemy set out from Egypt, he and Cleopatra his daughter, and came to Ptolemais in the one hundred and sixty-second year. (1 Maccabees 10, 57)
Alexander the king met him, and Ptolemy gave him Cleopatra his daughter in marriage, and celebrated her wedding at Ptolemais with great pomp, as kings do. (1 Maccabees 10, 58)
But when Ptolemy entered the cities he stationed forces as a garrison in each city. (1 Maccabees 11, 3)
So King Ptolemy gained control of the coastal cities as far as Seleucia by the sea, and he kept devising evil designs against Alexander. (1 Maccabees 11, 8)
Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and put on the crown of Asia. Thus he put two crowns upon his head, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia. (1 Maccabees 11, 13)
And Alexander heard of it and came against him in battle. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight. (1 Maccabees 11, 15)
So Alexander fled into Arabia to find protection there, and King Ptolemy was exalted. (1 Maccabees 11, 16)
