1 Maccabees 10:51–58

And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, according to these words, saying: ‘Forasmuch as I am returned to my kingdom, and am set on the throne of my fathers, and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and have gotten possession of our countryyea, I joined battle with him, and he and his army were discomfited by us, and we sat upon the throne of his kingdom,—let us now establish amity one with the other; and give me now thy daughter to wife; and I will make affinity With thee, and will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.’ And Ptolemy the king answered, saying: ‘Happy is the day wherein thou didst return into the land of thy fathers, and didst sit upon the throne of their kingdom. And now will I do to thee ⁽according to⁽ the things which thou hast written. But meet ⁽me⁽ at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; and I will make affinity with thee even as thou hast said.’ And Ptolemy went out of Egypt, he and Cleopatra his daughter, and came unto Ptolemais, in the one hundred and sixty-second year; and he bestowed on him his daughter Cleopatra, and celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais with great pomp, as the manner of kings is.