Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation From there King Ptolemy sent this message to King Demetrius: "Let's make a treaty. My daughter is now Alexander's wife, but I will take her back and give her to you and let you rule over your father's kingdom. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, saying: Come, let us make a league between us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in the kingdom of thy father. 1 Maccabees 11:7And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem. 1 Maccabees 11:8 And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander. 1 Maccabees 11:10 For I repent that I have given him my daughter: for he hath sought to kill me. 1 Maccabees 11:11 And he slandered him, because he coveted his kingdom, Context 1 Maccabees 11…8And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander. 9And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, saying: Come, let us make a league between us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in the kingdom of thy father. 10For I repent that I have given him my daughter: for he hath sought to kill me.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 11:7 And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem. 1 Maccabees 11:8 And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander. 1 Maccabees 11:10 For I repent that I have given him my daughter: for he hath sought to kill me. 1 Maccabees 11:11 And he slandered him, because he coveted his kingdom, |