Daniel's
Rise and Fall of Empires
Kings
of the South and the North
Daniel 11:10 "But
his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great
forces: and [one] shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass
through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, [even] to his
fortress."
his sons shall...
The
sons of Seleucus II, Seleucus III, (Ceraunus, or Thunderbolt) and
Antiochus III, called the Great. Seleucus II did assemble a great
multitude of forces to recover his father’s dominions, but was
poisoned by two of his own generals after a reign of 2 years. His
brother, Antiochus III, was then proclaimed king, so that only one of
the sons actually started a war against Egypt. He retook Seleucia and
regained Syria. He seemed disposed to invade Egypt, as he came to his
fortress, even to the borders of Egypt.
The
two sons
(Seleucus III and Antiochus III) had sought to restore Syria’s lost
prestige by military conquest, the older son by invading Asia Minor
and the younger son by attacking Egypt. Egypt had controlled all the
territory north to the borders of Syria which included the land of
Israel. Antiochus III succeeded in driving the Egyptians back to the
southern borders of Israel in his campaign in 219-217.
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