The Kings of the South and the North
Daniel 11:29 "At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter."
At the time... Antiochus Epiphanes made a second invasion of Egypt, but it was not as successful as the first when Egypt was conquered and plundered.
as the former... Refers to his victory over the Egyptian army at Pelusium.
as the latter... to his subjugation of all Egypt, except Alexandria.
It appears as if, Ptolemy and his brother have settled their differences this time, and the Syrians find a different situation than they expected.
Two years later (in 168) Antiochus moved against Egypt (the South) again. As he moved into Egypt, he was opposed by the Romans who had come to Egypt in ships from the western coastlands (lit., “ships of Kittim”; cf. NIV marg., i.e., Cyprus).
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