Daniel 11:17

Daniel 11:17. upright ones: read mg., which is based on the text of the Versions, shall make equitable conditions. Owing to the intervention of the Romans, Antiochus was unable to invade Egypt, and was compelled to make terms with Ptolemy. the daughter of women: his daughter Cleopatra. to destroy it (mg.): the real motive of the marriage was to obtain a hold over Egypt. but it (mg.) shall not stand: the plan did not succeed. Cleopatra took the part of her husband rather than her father.