1 Now in the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, and they received him, and he reigned there.
2 And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding great army, and went forth against him to fight.
3 And Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with peaceable words, to magnify him.
4 For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us.