5. They told the king what Jonathan had done in order to denigrate him; but the king said nothing.
6. Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they greeted each other and spent the night there.
7. Jonathan accompanied the king as far as the river called Eleutherus and then returned to Jerusalem.
8. And so King Ptolemy took possession of the cities along the seacoast as far as Seleucia by the sea, plotting evil schemes against Alexander all the while.
9. He sent ambassadors to King Demetrius, saying: “Come, let us make a covenant with each other; I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has married, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom.
10. I regret that I gave him my daughter, for he has sought to kill me.”
11. He was criticizing Alexander, however, because he coveted his kingdom.
12. After taking his daughter away, Ptolemy gave her to Demetrius and broke with Alexander; the enmity between them was now evident.