1 Maccabees 10:51
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Treaty of Ptolemy and Alexander
51 Then Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt with the following message:(A)
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1 Maccabees 16:8
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8 They sounded the trumpets, and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight; many of them fell wounded, and the rest fled into the stronghold.(A)
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2 Maccabees 4:21
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21 When Apollonius son of Menestheus was sent to Egypt for the coronation[a] of Philometor as king, Antiochus learned that Philometor[b] had become hostile to his government, and he took measures for his own security. Therefore upon arriving at Joppa he proceeded to Jerusalem.(A)
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2 Maccabees 9:29
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29 And Philip, one of his courtiers, took his body home; then, fearing the son of Antiochus, he withdrew to Ptolemy Philometor in Egypt.(A)
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