1 Maccabees 10:53DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 53 of 89
"And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:"
In context
51And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt, with words to this effect, saying:
52Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom, and am set in the throne of my ancestors and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and possessed our country,
53And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:
54Now therefore let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.
55And king Ptolemee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of their kingdom.