1 Maccabees 11:9
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
He sent envoys to King Demetrius, saying, “Come, let us make a covenant with each other, and I will give you in marriage my daughter who was Alexander’s wife, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom.

Contemporary English Version
and one day he sent a message to Demetrius the king, which said: Let's make an agreement. I will arrange for you to marry my daughter Cleopatra, the wife of Alexander. Then you can rule your father's kingdom.

New American Bible
He sent ambassadors to King Demetrius, saying: “Come, let us make a covenant with each other; I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has married, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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 11:7
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,

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,



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1 Maccabees 11:8
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