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. 2And 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. 3Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, he put garrisons of soldiers in every city. 4And 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. 5And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to make him odious: but the king held his peace. 6And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they saluted one another, and they lodged there. 7And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem. 8And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander. 9And 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. 10For I repent that I have given him my daughter: for he hath sought to kill me. 11And he slandered him, because he coveted his kingdom, 12And he took away his daughter, and gave her to Demetrius, and alienated himself from Alexander, and his enmities were made manifest. 13And Ptolemee entered into Antioch, and set two crowns upon his head, that of Egypt, and that of Asia. 14Now king Alexander was in Cilicia at that time: because they that were in those places had rebelled. 15And when Alexander heard of it, he came to give him battle: and king Ptolemee brought forth his army, and met him with a strong power, and put him to flight. 16And Alexander fled into Arabia, there to be protected: and king Ptolemee was exalted. 17And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander's head, and sent it to Ptolemee. 18And king Ptolemee died the third day after: and they that were in the strong holds were destroyed by them that were within the camp. 19And Demetrius reigned in the hundred and sixty-seventh year.