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Then Jonathan met the king with great pomp at Joppa, where they saluted one another, and lodged.
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Afterward Jonathan, when he had gone with the king to the river called Eleutherus, returned again to Jerusalem.
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King Ptolemee therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.
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Whereupon he sent ambassadors unto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let us make a league betwixt us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in thy father's kingdom:
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For I repent that I gave my daughter unto him, for he sought to slay me.
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Thus did he slander him, because he was desirous of his kingdom.
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Wherefore he took his daughter from him, and gave her to Demetrius, and forsook Alexander, so that their hatred was openly known.
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Then Ptolemee entered into Antioch, where he set two crowns upon his head, the crown of Asia, and of Egypt.
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In the mean season was king Alexander in Cilicia, because those that dwelt in those parts had revolted from him.
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But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him: whereupon king Ptolemee brought forth his host, and met him with a mighty power, and put him to flight.
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So Alexander fled into Arabia there to be defended; but king Ptolemee was exalted: