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[Daniel
Ch.11: Pre-Written History of Kings]
IV.
Wars of Revenge (11:7-9)
DAN
11:7 But out of a branch of her roots
After his father's death and sister's tragedy, Ptolemy III "Euergetes"
initiated the Third Syrian War.
DAN
11:7 Shall deal against them, and shall prevail
With an army,
Ptolemy Euergetes entered Seleucia and Antioch. His antagonist, Seleucus
II "Callinicus," fled to beyond the Taurus Mountains. Ptolemy
then continued eastward and advanced as far as beyond the Tigris, thus
occupying the entire Syrian realm. Under him, Ptolemaic power reached its
zenith.
DAN
11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods
Serious
insurrections in Egypt caused Ptolemy Euergetes to withdraw hurriedly,
inadvertently relinquishing his claims to a now-recovering Seleucus
Callinicus. Nevertheless, Ptolemy did pocket 40,000 talents of Syrian
silder and 2,500 mixed Syrian and Egyptian idols. The idolatrous Egyptians
fondly nicknamed him "Euergetes" or "Well-doer."
DAN
11:9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom
In 242, two years after Ptolemy's wide-ranging Syrian conquests,
Seleucus II retaliated in turn by launching a two-pronged land-sea attack
on Egypt.
DAN
11:9 Return into his own land
But
Seleucus' fleet was ruined in a storm and his army returned to Antioch
decimated. Both kings finally decided on a ten-year truce (240).
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