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1 Maccabees 10:51-89
Treaty of Ptolemy and Alexander.
51 Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, with this message:
52 “Now that I have returned to my realm, taken my seat on the throne of my ancestors, and established my rule by crushing Demetrius and gaining control of my country –
53 for I engaged him in battle, he and his army were crushed by us, and we assumed his royal throne –
54 let us now establish friendship with each other. Give me now your daughter for my wife; and as your son-in-law, I will give to you and to her gifts worthy of you.”
55 King Ptolemy answered in these words: “Happy the day on which you returned to the land of your ancestors and took your seat on their royal throne!
56 I will do for you what you have written; but meet me in Ptolemais, so that we may see each other, and I will become your father-in-law as you have proposed.”
57 So Ptolemy with his daughter Cleopatra set out from Egypt and came to Ptolemais in the one hundred and sixty-second year.
verse 57: Cleopatra: Cleopatra Thea,
then about fifteen years old.
She later married Demetrius II, and later still,
his brother Antiochus VII.
Ptolemais (Acco) on the coast of Palestine was a neutral site.
The one hundred and sixty-second year: 151/150 B.C.
58 There King Alexander met him, and Ptolemy gave him his daughter Cleopatra in marriage. Their wedding was celebrated at Ptolemais with great splendor according to the custom of kings.
59 King Alexander also wrote to Jonathan to come and meet him.
60 So he went with pomp to Ptolemais, where he met the two kings and gave them and their friends silver and gold and many gifts and thus won their favor.
61 Some villainous men of Israel, transgressors of the law, united against him to accuse him, but the king paid no heed to them.
62 The king ordered Jonathan to be divested of his garments and to be clothed in royal purple; and so it was done.
63 The king also had him seated at his side. He said to his magistrates: “Go with him to the center of the city and make a proclamation that no one is to bring charges against him on any grounds or be troublesome to him for any reason.”
64 When his accusers saw the honor paid to him according to the king’s proclamation, and him clothed in purple, they all fled.
65 And so the king honored him, enrolling him among his Chief Friends, and he made him governor and chief of the province.
66 So Jonathan returned in peace and happiness to Jerusalem.
67 In the one hundred and sixty-fifth year, Demetrius, son of Demetrius, came from Crete to the land of his ancestors.
verse 67: The one hundred and sixty-fifth year:
147 B.C. Demetrius: Demetrius II Nicator.
68 When King Alexander heard of it he was greatly troubled, and returned to Antioch.
69 Demetrius set Apollonius over Coelesyria. Having gathered a large army, Apollonius encamped at Jamnia. From there he sent this message to Jonathan the high priest:
verse 69: Coelesyria: originally the region between
the Lebanon and anti-Lebanon mountains,
it came later to refer to Palestine also.
Jamnia: on the coast, also known as Yavneh
70 “You are the only one who resists us. I am laughed at and put to shame on your account. Why are you exercising authority against us in the mountains?
71 If you have confidence in your forces, come down now to us in the plain, and let us test each other’s strength there; for the forces of the cities are on my side.
72 Inquire and find out who I am and who the others are who are helping me. People are saying that you cannot make a stand against us because your ancestors were twice put to flight in their own land.
verse 72: Twice put to flight: the reference is unclear.
73 Now you too will be unable to withstand our cavalry and such a force as this in the plain, where there is not a stone or a pebble or a place to flee.”
74 When Jonathan heard the message of Apollonius, he was provoked. Choosing ten thousand men, he set out from Jerusalem, and Simon his brother joined him to help him.
75 He encamped near Joppa, but the people of the city shut him out because Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa. When they attacked it,
76 the people of the city became afraid and opened the gates, and so Jonathan took possession of Joppa.
verse 76: Joppa: about forty miles northwest of Jerusalem.
For the first time the Maccabees took possession of a seaport,
though nominally it was on behalf of King Alexander.
77 When Apollonius heard of it, he drew up three thousand cavalry and a large force of infantry. He marched toward Azotus as though he were going on through, but at the same time he was advancing into the plain, because he had such a large number of cavalry to rely on.
78 Jonathan pursued him toward Azotus, and the armies engaged in battle.
79 Apollonius, however, had left a thousand cavalry in hiding behind them.
80 Jonathan discovered that there was an ambush behind him; his army was surrounded. From morning until evening they showered his troops with arrows.
81 But his troops held their ground, as Jonathan had commanded, while the enemy’s horses became tired out.
82 Then Simon brought forward his force, and engaged the phalanx in battle. Since the cavalry were exhausted, the phalanx was crushed by him and fled,
83 while the cavalry too were scattered over the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered Beth-dagon, the temple of their idol, to save themselves.
84 But Jonathan burned and plundered Azotus with its neighboring towns, and destroyed by fire both the temple of Dagon and those who had taken refuge in it.
85 Those who fell by the sword, together with those who were burned alive, came to about eight thousand.
86 Then Jonathan left there and encamped at Askalon, and the people of that city came out to meet him with great pomp.
87 Jonathan and those with him then returned to Jerusalem, with much spoil.
88 When King Alexander heard of these events, he accorded new honors to Jonathan.
89 He sent him a gold buckle, such as is usually given to King’s Kinsmen; he also gave him Ekron and all its territory as a possession.
verse 89: Kinsmen: a rank higher than Chief Friends.
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