1 Maccabees 11:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 After taking his daughter away, Ptolemy gave her to Demetrius and broke with Alexander; the enmity between them was now evident. 13 Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and assumed the crown[a] of Asia; thus he set upon his head two crowns, that of Egypt and that of Asia.
14 Now King Alexander was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region had revolted.
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- 11:13 Crown: lit., diadem.
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