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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.