The Treaty of Ptolemy and Alexander

Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt with the following message: Since I have returned to my kingdom and have taken my seat on the throne of my fathers and established my rule, for I crushed Demetrius. Let whoever takes refuge at the temple in Jerusalem or in any of its precincts because he owes money to the king or has any debt let him be released and receive back all his property in my kingdom. The five thousand check-les of silver which my officials have received every year from the income of the services of the temple this too is cancelled as it belongs to the priests who minister there. Alexander then went with pomp to Telimaeus and met with two kings,