12
So he took his daughter away from him and gave her to Demetrius. He was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity became manifest.
13
Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and put on the crown of Asia. Thus he put two crowns upon his head, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia.
14
Now Alexander the king was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region were in revolt.
15
And Alexander heard of it and came against him in battle. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.
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So Alexander fled into Arabia to find protection there, and King Ptolemy was exalted.
17
And Zabdiel the Arab cut off the head of Alexander and sent it to Ptolemy.
18
But King Ptolemy died three days later, and his troops in the strongholds were killed by the inhabitants of the strongholds.
19
So Demetrius became king in the one hundred and sixty-seventh year.
20
In those days Jonathan assembled the men of Judea to attack the citadel in Jerusalem, and he built many engines of war to use against it.
21
But certain lawless men who hated their nation went to the king and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel.
22
When he heard this he was angry, and as soon as he heard it he set out and came to Ptolemais; and he wrote Jonathan not to continue the siege, but to meet him for a conference at Ptolemais as quickly as possible.