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And now I will do for you as you wrote, but meet me at Ptolemais, so that we may see one another, and I will become your father-in-law, as you have said."
57
So Ptolemy set out from Egypt, he and Cleopatra his daughter, and came to Ptolemais in the one hundred and sixty-second year.
58
Alexander the king met him, and Ptolemy gave him Cleopatra his daughter in marriage, and celebrated her wedding at Ptolemais with great pomp, as kings do.
59
Then Alexander the king wrote to Jonathan to come to meet him.
60
So he went with pomp to Ptolemais and met the two kings; he gave them and their friends silver and gold and many gifts, and found favor with them.
61
A group of pestilent men from Israel, lawless men, gathered together against him to accuse him; but the king paid no attention to them.
62
The king gave orders to take off Jonathan's garments and to clothe him in purple, and they did so.
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The king also seated him at his side; and he said to his officers, "Go forth with him into the middle of the city and proclaim that no one is to bring charges against him about any matter, and let no one annoy him for any reason."
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And when his accusers saw the honor that was paid him, in accordance with the proclamation, and saw him clothed in purple, they all fled.
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Thus the king honored him and enrolled him among his chief friends, and made him general and governor of the province.
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And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem in peace and gladness.