6 Jonathan met Ptolemy at the town of Joppa, and Jonathan honored him. The two men spent the night there,
7 then the next day Jonathan rode with him to the Eleutherus River before heading back for Jerusalem.
8 Soon Ptolemy had command of the towns on the coast as far as Seleucia. He kept plotting against Alexander,
9 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.
10 It was a big mistake to let Alexander marry her. He even tried to have me murdered!
11 Ptolemy said other insulting things about Alexander because he wanted his kingdom.
12 Then he ordered Cleopatra to leave Alexander, and he told Demetrius to marry her. Now Ptolemy and Alexander hated each other, and everyone knew it.