1 Maccabees 10:56-58

Good News Translation

⁵⁶I agree to your proposals, but first meet me at Ptolemais. We can get acquainted there, and I will give you my daughter in marriage.

⁵⁷So in the year 162^[a] Ptolemy and his daughter Cleopatra^[b] left Egypt and arrived at Ptolemais. ⁵⁸King Alexander met them, and Ptolemy gave him his daughter in marriage. The wedding was celebrated there in Ptolemais with royal splendor.

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Footnotes

1 Maccabees 10:57 the year 162: This corresponds to 150 B.C.
1 Maccabees 10:57 cleopatra: This was Cleopatra Thea, also known as Cleopatra the Third, and not to be confused with Cleopatra the Seventh (69–30 B.C.), who was involved in the history of Caesar and Mark Antony.