Holy Scripture
1 Maccabees 11:9
Source: Septuagint
Original
9Whereupon he sent ambassadors unto King Demetrius, saying, Come, let us make a league between us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in thy father’s kingdom:
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7Afterward Jonathan, when he had gone with the king to the river called Eleutherus, returned again to Jerusalem.
8King Ptolemy therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.
— 1 Maccabees 11:9 —
10for I repent that I gave my daughter unto him, for he sought to slay me.
11Thus did he slander him, because he was desirous of his kingdom.