1 Maccabees 10:53
Good News Translation
I made war on Demetrius, defeated him and his army, and I have taken over his kingdom.

New Revised Standard Version
I met him in battle, and he and his army were crushed by us, and we have taken our seat on the throne of his kingdom—

Contemporary English Version
So I destroyed him and his army, and now I am king.

New American Bible
for I engaged him in battle, he and his army were crushed by us, and we assumed his royal throne—

Douay-Rheims Bible
And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:

1 Maccabees 10:51
And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt, with words to this effect, saying:

1 Maccabees 10:52
Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom and am set in the throne of my ancestors, and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius and possessed our country,

1 Maccabees 10:54
Now, therefore, let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.

1 Maccabees 10:55
And king Ptolomee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of their kingdom.

Context
1 Maccabees 10
52Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom and am set in the throne of my ancestors, and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius and possessed our country, 53And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom: 54Now, therefore, let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 10:51
And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt, with words to this effect, saying:

1 Maccabees 10:52
Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom and am set in the throne of my ancestors, and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius and possessed our country,

1 Maccabees 10:54
Now, therefore, let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.

1 Maccabees 10:55
And king Ptolomee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of their kingdom.



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1 Maccabees 10:52
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