1. And in the hundred and sixties year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais: and they received him, and he reigned there.
2. And king Demetrius heard thereof, and he gathered together exceeding great forces, and went forth to meet him in battle.
3. And Demetrius sent letters to Jonathan with words of peace, so as to magnify him.
4. For he said, let us be beforehand to make peace with them, ere he make peace with Alexander against us:
5. for he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and to his brethren and to his nation.