1
And the king of Egypt gathered together an army, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships: and he sought to get the kingdom of Alexander by deceit, and join it to his own kingdom.
2
And he went out into Syria with peaceable words, and they opened to him the cities, and met him: for king Alexander had ordered them to go forth to meet him, because he was his father in law.
3
Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, he put garrisons of soldiers in every city.
4
And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and the graves of them that were slain in the battle, which they had made near the way.
5
And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to make him odious: but the king held his peace.
6
And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they saluted one another, and they lodged there.
7
And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem.
8
And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander.
9
And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, saying: Come, let us make a league between us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in the kingdom of thy father.