5
They also told the king what Jonathan had done, to throw blame on him; but the king kept silent.
6
Jonathan met the king at Joppa with pomp, and they greeted one another and spent the night there.
7
And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river called Eleutherus; then he returned to Jerusalem.
8
So King Ptolemy gained control of the coastal cities as far as Seleucia by the sea, and he kept devising wicked designs against Alexander.
9
He sent envoys to King Demetrius, saying, "Come, let us make a covenant with each other, and I will give you in marriage my daughter who was Alexander's wife, and you shall reign over your father's kingdom.
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