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In the one hundred and sixtieth year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, landed and occupied Ptolemais. They welcomed him, and there he began to reign.
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When Demetrius the king heard of it, he assembled a very large army and marched out to meet him in battle.
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And Demetrius sent Jonathan a letter in peaceable words to honor him;
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for he said, "Let us act first to make peace with him before he makes peace with Alexander against us,
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for he will remember all the wrongs which we did to him and to his brothers and his nation."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.