For I now regret that I gave him my daughter may be expressed as “I regret that I ever let Alexander marry her” or “It was a big mistake to let [or, I made a big mistake by letting] Alexander marry her.” The logical connector For may be left implied.

For he has tried to kill me: Our author tells us nothing about an attempt by Alexander to kill Ptolemy, but the Jewish historian Josephus (Jewish Antiquities 13.4.6) tells us that an officer of Alexander did try to kill Ptolemy during the ceremonies in Ptolemais (1Macc 10.57-65). Ptolemy protested, but when Alexander did nothing to punish the man, Ptolemy drew the conclusion that Alexander was behind the plot all along. Alexander wouldn’t have tried to kill Ptolemy himself, but would have ordered his men to do it. So we may translate “for he has even had them [or, his people] try to kill me.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.