¹⁵ they said that the people of Ptolemais and Tyre and Sidon and all Galilee of the gentiles^[a] had gathered together against them “to annihilate us.”^(A)

Revolt of Alexander Epiphanes

10 In the one hundred sixtieth year Alexander Epiphanes, son of Antiochus, landed and occupied Ptolemais. They welcomed him, and there he began to reign.^(A)

³⁹ Ptolemais and the land adjoining it I have given as a gift to the sanctuary in Jerusalem, to meet the necessary expenses of the sanctuary.^(A)

⁵⁶ And now I will do for you as you wrote, but meet me at Ptolemais, so that we may see one another, and I will become your father-in-law, as you have said.”^(A)

²² When he heard this he was angry, and as soon as he heard it he set out and came to Ptolemais, and he wrote Jonathan not to continue the siege but to meet him for a conference at Ptolemais as quickly as possible.^(A)

²⁴ for he went to the king at Ptolemais, taking silver and gold and clothing and numerous other gifts. And he won his favor.^(A)