59. And king Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come to meet him.
60. And he went forth with glory to Ptolemais, and he met the two kings there, and he gave them much silver, and gold, and gifts. And he found favor in their sight.
61. And some of the pestilent men of Israel, men of iniquity, came together against him, interrupting with objections against him. And the king did not attend to them.
62. And he ordered that Jonathan's garments be taken away from him, and that he be clothed in purple. And they did so. And the king arranged for him to sit with him.
63. And he said to his princes, "Go out with him into the midst of the city, and make a proclamation, so that no one may raise objections against him in any matter, and so that no one may bother him for any reason."
64. And so it happened that, when his accusers saw his glory being proclaimed, and him clothed in purple, they all fled away.
65. And the king magnified him, and he enrolled him among his foremost friends, and he gave him a position as governor and as a participant in his dominion.
66. And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and joy.
67. In the one hundred and sixty-fifth year, Demetrius, the son of Demetrius, came from Crete into the land of his fathers.