10
I now regret that I gave him my daughter, for he has tried to kill me."
11
He threw blame on Alexander because he coveted his kingdom.
12
So he took his daughter away from him and gave her to Demetrius. He was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity became manifest.
13
Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and put on the crown of Asia. Thus he put two crowns on his head, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia.
14
Now King Alexander was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region were in revolt.
15
When Alexander heard of it, he came against him in battle. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.
16
So Alexander fled into Arabia to find protection there, and King Ptolemy was triumphant.
17
Zabdiel the Arab cut off the head of Alexander and sent it to Ptolemy.
18
But King Ptolemy died three days later, and his troops in the strongholds were killed by the inhabitants of the strongholds.
19
So Demetrius became king in the one hundred sixty-seventh year.
20
In those days Jonathan assembled the Judeans to attack the citadel in Jerusalem, and he built many engines of war to use against it.