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Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt, with this message: (1 Maccabees 10, 51)
King Alexander went to meet him, and Ptolemy gave him the hand of his daughter Cleopatra and celebrated her wedding in Ptolemais with great magnificence, as kings do. (1 Maccabees 10, 58)
King Alexander then wrote to Jonathan to come and meet him. (1 Maccabees 10, 59)
When King Alexander heard of it he was plunged into gloom, and retired to Antioch. (1 Maccabees 10, 68)
In the event, when King Alexander heard what had happened, he awarded Jonathan further honours: (1 Maccabees 10, 88)
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)
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)
Having carried off his daughter and bestowed her on Demetrius, he broke with Alexander, and their enmity became open. (1 Maccabees 11, 12)
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)