3 But when Ptolemy entered the towns, he stationed forces as a garrison in each one.
4 When he approached Azotus, they showed him that Dagon’s temple had been burned. Azotus and its suburbs had been destroyed. Corpses were lying about, the charred bodies of those whom Jonathan had burned in the war. They had piled them in heaps along his route.
5 They also told the king what Jonathan had done, throwing blame on him. But the king kept silent.
6 Jonathan met the king at Joppa with great ceremony. They greeted each other and spent the night there.
7 Jonathan went with the king as far as the Eleutherus River, and then he returned to Jerusalem.
8 So King Ptolemy gained control of the coastal cities as far as Seleucia by the sea. He kept devising evil plans against Alexander.
9 He sent envoys to King Demetrius to say, "Come, let’s make an agreement with each other. I’ll give you my daughter to marry, Alexander’s wife. Then you will rule over your father’s kingdom.