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1 Maccabees 11:8-10
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 11:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 King Ptolemy took possession of the cities along the seacoast as far as Seleucia by the sea,[a] 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. 10 I regret that I gave my daughter to him, for he has sought to kill me.”[b]
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- 1 Maccabees 11:8 Seleucia by the sea: the main port for Antioch near the mouth of the Orontes.
- 1 Maccabees 11:10 I regret . . . sought to kill me: Flavius Josephus reports that a friend of Alexander called Ammonius had failed in an attempt to assassinate Ptolemy. Ptolemy seized the occasion to blame Alexander and claim the throne.
