1 Maccabees 11:3

1 Maccabees 11:3 Context

¹And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host like the sand that lieth vpon the Sea shore, and many ships, and went about through deceit to get Alexanders kingdome, and ioyne it to his owne. ²Whereupon he tooke his iourney into Syria in peaceable maner, so as they of the cities opened vnto him, and met him: for king Alexander had commanded them so to doe, because he was his father in law. ³Now as Ptolomee entred into the cities, he set in euery one of them a garison of souldiers to kepe it. ⁴And when he came neere to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and them that he had burnt in the battell, for they had made heapes of them by the way where he should passe. ⁵Also they told the king whatsoeuer Ionathan had done, to the intent he might blame him: but the king helde his peace.

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