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About this time it was that king Ptolemy, who was called Philometor,
led an army, part by the sea, and part by land, and came to Syria, to the
assistance of Alexander, who was his son-in-law; and accordingly all the
cities received him willingly, as Alexander had commanded them to do, and
conducted him as far as Ashdod; where they all made loud complaints about
the temple of Dagon, which was burnt, and accused Jonathan of having laid
it waste, and destroyed the country adjoining with fire, and slain a great
number of them. Ptolemy heard these accusations, but said nothing. Jonathan
also went to meet Ptolemy as far as Joppa, and obtained from him hospitable
presents, and those glorious in their kinds, with all the marks of honor;
and when he had conducted him as far as the river called Eleutherus, he
returned again to Jerusalem.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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