Daniel 11:7-9

DANIEL—NOTE ON Daniel 11:7 Egypt’s Ptolemy II was succeeded by Berenice’s brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes I (reigned 246–221 B.C.), a branch from her roots. In retaliation for the death of his sister, Ptolemy III invaded the Seleucid kingdom and conquered its capital, Antioch (He shall come against the army and enter the fortress of the king of the north). He took the Syrian gods and other precious vessels of silver and gold. He even returned to Egypt some of the sacred idols taken by the Persian monarch Cambyses in 524 B.C. when he had sacked the Egyptian temples. Afterward Ptolemy III made a peace treaty with Seleucus II Callinicus (reigned 246–226 B.C.) and he did refrain from attacking them so that he could work on expanding his kingdom in the Aegean area. Verse Daniel 11:9 says that Seleucus II shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but there is no record of such an invasion, and he must have retreated hastily (shall return to his own land).