1 Maccabees 11:9
“Whereupon he sent embassadours vnto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let vs make a league betwixt vs, and I will giue thee my daughter whome Alexander hath, and thou shalt reigne in thy fathers kingdome:”
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1 Maccabees 11:9 Context
7Afterward Ionathan when he had gone with the king to the riuer called Eleutherus, returned againe to Ierusalem. 8King Ptolomee therefore hauing gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea, vnto Seleucia vpon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander. 9Whereupon he sent embassadours vnto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let vs make a league betwixt vs, and I will giue thee my daughter whome Alexander hath, and thou shalt reigne in thy fathers kingdome: 10For I repent þt I gaue my daughter vnto him, for he sought to slay me. 11Thus did he slander him, because he was desirous of his kingdome.
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Whereupon he sent ambasadors unto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let us make a league betwixt us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in thy father's kingdom:
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