Daniel's
Rise and Fall of Empires
Kings
of the South and the North
Daniel 11:26
"Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy
him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain."
they that feed...
Betraying counselors, whom Philometer fed, led him to attack Syria to
secure his defeat and death for him and his men.
And
his army... It seemed that treachery within their own ranks caused
their great defeat. Ptolemy Philometer was taken prisoner by his
uncle, and his brother took over the reign.
After
Antiochus consolidated his kingdom, he
moved against
Egypt, the
king of the South,
in 170. Antiochus was able to move his army from his homeland to the
very border of Egypt before he was met by the Egyptian army at
Pelusium near the Nile Delta. In this battle the Egyptians had a
large… army but
were defeated and Antiochus professed friendship with Egypt.
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