16. And Alexander fled into Arabia, so as to be protected there. And king Ptolemy was exalted.
17. And Zabdiel the Arab took off the head of Alexander, and he sent it to Ptolemy.
18. And king Ptolemy died on the third day, and those who were in the strongholds were destroyed by those who were in the camp.
19. And Demetrius reigned in the one hundred and sixty-seventh year.
20. In those days, Jonathan gathered together those who were in Judea, in order to fight against the stronghold that was in Jerusalem. And they made many machines of war against it.
21. And so, certain men of iniquity, who hated their own people, went forth to king Demetrius, and they reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the stronghold.