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1 Maccabees 11:7-9
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 11:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 Jonathan accompanied the king as far as the river called Eleutherus,[a] and then he returned to Jerusalem.
8 King Ptolemy took possession of the cities along the seacoast as far as Seleucia by the sea,[b] and he continued to devise wicked plans against Alexander. 9 He sent envoys to King Demetrius, saying: “Come, let us make a pact with each other. I will give you in marriage my daughter whom Alexander has married, and you will reign over the kingdom of your father.
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- 1 Maccabees 11:7 Eleutherus: the northern limit of Coelesyria, which today is the northern border of Lebanon.
- 1 Maccabees 11:8 Seleucia by the sea: the main port for Antioch near the mouth of the Orontes.
