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1 Maccabees 11:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 11:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river called Eleutherus; then he returned to Jerusalem.(A)
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.(B) 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.(C)
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