5
The people told him what Jonathan had done, hoping that he would hold him responsible, but Ptolemy said nothing.
6
Jonathan, with all the proper ceremony, went to Joppa to meet him. They exchanged greetings and spent the night there.
7
Jonathan accompanied him as far as the Eleutherus River before returning to Jerusalem.
8
In this way King Ptolemy, in his plot against Alexander, took control of the towns along the coast as far north as Seleucia-by-the-sea.
9
From there King Ptolemy sent this message to King Demetrius: "Let's make a treaty. My daughter is now Alexander's wife, but I will take her back and give her to you and let you rule over your father's kingdom.
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I regret that I ever gave her to Alexander, because he has tried to kill me."
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Ptolemy made this accusation against Alexander because he wanted to take over his kingdom.
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So he took his daughter away from Alexander and gave her to Demetrius; he broke off all relations with Alexander, and they became open enemies.
13
Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and assumed the crown of Syria; so he wore both the crown of Egypt and the crown of Syria.
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King Alexander was in Cilicia at the time because the people of that region were in a state of rebellion.
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But when he heard what Ptolemy had done, he moved to attack him. Ptolemy met him with a large force and won a decisive victory.