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10:38. And the three cities that are added to Judea, out of the country
of Samaria, let them be accounted with Judea: that they may be under
one, and obey no other authority but that of the high priest:
10:39. Ptolemais and the confines thereof, I give as a free gift to the
holy places that are in Jerusalem, for the necessary charges of the holy
things.
10:40. And I give every year fifteen thousand sickles of silver out of
the king's accounts, of what belongs to me:
10:41. And all that is above, which they that were over the affairs the
years before, had not paid, from this time they shall give it to the
works of the house.
10:42. Moreover, the five thousand sickles of silver, which they
received from the account of the holy places, every year, shall also
belong to the priests that execute the ministry.
10:43. And whosoever shall flee into the temple that is in Jerusalem,
and in all the borders thereof, being indebted to the king for any
matter, let them be set at liberty, and all that they have in my
kingdom, let them have it free.
10:44. For the building also, or repairing the works of the holy places,
the charges shall be given out of the king's revenues:
10:45. For the building also of the walls of Jerusalem, and the
fortifying thereof round about, the charges shall be given out of the
king's account, as also for the building of the walls in Judea.
10:46. Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave no
credit to them, nor received them because they remembered the great evil
that he had done in Israel, for he had afflicted them exceedingly.
10:47. And their inclinations were towards Alexander, because he had
been the chief promoter of peace in their regard, and him they always
helped.
10:48. And king Alexander gathered together a great army, and moved his
camp near to Demetrius.
10:49. And the two kings joined battle, and the army of Demetrius fled
away, and Alexander pursued after him, and pressed them close.
10:50. And the battle was hard fought, till the sun went down: and
Demetrius was slain that day.
10:51. And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt, with
words to this effect, saying:
Ptolemee... Surnamed Philometer.
10:52. Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom and am set in the
throne of my ancestors, and have gotten the dominion, and have
overthrown Demetrius and possessed our country,
10:53. And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have
been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:
10:54. Now, therefore, let us make friendship one with another: and give
me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will
give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.
10:55. And king Ptolomee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou
didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of
their kingdom.
10:56. And now I will do to thee as thou hast written but meet me at
Ptolemais, that we may see one another, and I may give her to thee as
thou hast said.
10:57. So Ptolemee went out of Egypt, with Cleopatra his daughter, and
he came to Ptolemais, in the hundred and sixty-second year.
10:58. And king Alexander met him, and he gave him his daughter,
Cleopatra: and he celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais with great glory,
after the manner of kings.
10:59. And king Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come and
meet him.
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