1 Maccabees

1 Maccabees 16:18

καὶ ἔγραψεν ταῦτα Πτολεμαῖος καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅπως ἀποστείλῃ αὐτῷ δυνάμεις εἰς βοήθειαν καὶ παραδῷ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς πόλεις.
King James Version (KJV)

Then Ptolemee wrote these things, and sent to the king, that he should send him an host to aid him, and he would deliver him the country and cities.

Modern English

Ptolemy then wrote a report of these events and sent it to the king, asking him to send an army to support him, promising in return to hand over the country and its cities.

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