iz., Berenice, daughter of
Ptolemeus Philadelphus, given in marriage to Antiochus Theos, grandson
of Seleucus.

11:7. And a plant of the bud of her roots shall stand up: and he shall
come with an army, and shall enter into the province of the king of the
north: and he shall abuse them, and shall prevail.

A plant, etc... Ptolemeus Evergetes, the son of Philadelphus.

11:8. And he shall also carry away captive into Egypt their gods, and
their graven things, and their precious vessels of gold and silver: he
shall prevail aginst the king of the north.

The king of the north... Seleucus Callinicus.

11:9. And the king of the south shall enter into the kingdom, and shall
return to his own land.

11:10. And his sons shall be provoked, and they shall assemble a
multitude of great forces: and he shall come with haste like a flood:
and he shall return, and be stirred up, and he shall join battle with
his force.

His sons... Seleucus Ceraunius, and Antiochus the Great, the sons of
Callinicus.-Ibid. He shall come... Viz., Antiochus the Great.

11:11. And the king of the south being provoked, shall go forth, and
shall fight against the king of the north, and shall prepare an
exceeding great multitude, and a multitude shall be given into his
hands.

The king of the south... Ptolemeus Philopator, son of Evergetes.

11:12. And he shall take a multitude, and his heart shall be lifted up,
and he shall cast down many thousands: but he shall not prevail.

11:13. For the king of the north shall return, and shall prepare a
multitude much greater than before: and in the end of times, and years,
he shall come in haste with a great army, and much riches.

11:14. And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the
south, and the children of prevaricators of thy people shall lift up
themselves to fulfil the vision, and they shall fall.

11:15. And the king of the north shall come, and shall cast up a mount,
and shall take the best fenced citits: and the arms of the south shall
not withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up to resist, and they
shall not have strength.

11:16. And he shall come upon him, and do according to his pleasure, and
there shall be none to stand against his face: and he shall stand in the
glorious land, and it shall be consumed by his hand.

He shall come upon him... Viz., Antiochus shall come upon the king of
the south.-Ibid. The glorious land... Judea.

11:17. And he shall set his face to