Excerpt from The Old and New Testament Connected, in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations, Vol. 4: From the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the Time of Christ; Part II Ptolemy Lathyrus, king of Egypt, having incurred his mo ther's difpleafure for fending an army into Paief'tin'e againfl: the Jews, contrary to her mind, as hath been above related, 3 fhe carried it on fo far againf't him, for this and fome other like attempts which he had made of reigning without her, that, having firf't taken Selene his wife from him (by whom he had now b two fons), {he rove him out Of the kingdom. For the accomplifhment of this, {he caufed fome of her favour ite eunuchs to be wounded, and, then bringing them out into the public affembly of the Alexandrians, there pretended, that they had fuffered this from Lathyrus in defence of her perfon againft him, and thereon accufed him of having made an at tempt upon her life: whereby fhe fo far incenfed the people, that they tofe in a general uproar againfi him, and would have torn him in pieces, but that he fled for his life, and, having got ten On board a {hip in the harbour, therein made his efcape from their fury. Hereon, Cleopatra called to her Alexander her younger fon, who for fome years paft had reigned in Cy prus and, having made him king of Egypt in the room of Lathyrus, forced Lathyrus to be content with Cyprus on Alexander's leaving of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.