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He left Lysias behind, that was a man of high rank and royal blood; he was to administer all the business of the kingdom, from Euphrates down to the Brook of Egypt, (1 Maccabees 3, 32)
and have charge of the young prince Antiochus, until the king’s return. (1 Maccabees 3, 33)
But to their friends, that would live at peace with them, they were ever good friends in return. Kingdoms both far and near became their vassals, nor any that heard their name but feared it; (1 Maccabees 8, 12)
A thousand men of his following Bacchides lost that day, and was fain to return to Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 9, 49)
Hereupon Alexander sent an embassy to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, addressing him in these terms following. (1 Maccabees 10, 51)
And what answer made king Ptolemy? An auspicious day, said he, this day of thy return to the land and throne of thy fathers! (1 Maccabees 10, 55)
So here was king Ptolemy come from Egypt, with his daughter Cleopatra, all the way to Ptolemais, in the hundred and sixty-second year; (1 Maccabees 10, 57)
And now Ptolemy, king of Egypt, levied a great army, countless as sand on the beach, and a fleet besides; to win Alexander’s realm his treacherous design was, and add it to his own. (1 Maccabees 11, 1)
To Syria he came, full of fair speeches, and all the towns opened their gates to welcome him; such welcome Alexander himself had prescribed; was not the king of Egypt his father-in-law? (1 Maccabees 11, 2)
nor would Jonathan return to Jerusalem till he had escorted the king as far as the river called Eleutherus. (1 Maccabees 11, 7)
what must he do next but enter the city of Antioch, and there assume the double crown, as ruler of Egypt and Asia both? (1 Maccabees 11, 13)
Thus Egypt had the mastery; and when Alexander fled to Arabia for refuge, (1 Maccabees 11, 16)
