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.
13 Ptolemy went to the city of Antioch, where he crowned himself king—both of Syria and of Egypt.
14 Meanwhile, Alexander had gone to the country of Cilicia because some towns there had rebelled against him.