1 Maccabees 11:8
“King Ptolomee therefore hauing gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea, vnto Seleucia vpon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.”
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1 Maccabees 11:8 Context
6Then Ionathan met the king with great pompe at Ioppa, where they saluted one another, and lodged. 7Afterward Ionathan when he had gone with the king to the riuer called Eleutherus, returned againe to Ierusalem. 8King Ptolomee therefore hauing gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea, vnto Seleucia vpon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander. 9Whereupon he sent embassadours vnto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let vs make a league betwixt vs, and I will giue thee my daughter whome Alexander hath, and thou shalt reigne in thy fathers kingdome: 10For I repent þt I gaue my daughter vnto him, for he sought to slay me.
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King Ptolemee therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.
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