Daniel chp 11 Greek wars explained
by Truth Hitman
Antiquities of the Jews - Book XII
CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY YEARS.
FROM THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO THE DEATH OF JUDAS MACCABEUS.
CHAPTER 1.
HOW PTOLEMY THE SON OF LAGUS TOOK JERUSALEM AND JUDEA BY DECEIT AND TREACHERY, AND CARRIED MANY THENCE, AND PLANTED THEM IN EGYPT.
The people of earth suffered "lost a great many of their inhabitants"
"And while these princes ambitiously strove one against another, every one for his own principality, it came to pass that there were continual wars, and those lasting wars too; and the cities were sufferers, and lost a great many of their inhabitants in these times of distress, insomuch that all Syria, by the means of Ptolemy the son of Lagus, underwent the reverse of that denomination of Savior, which he then had"
1. King of the South = Ptolemy I Soter I 367 BC c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt (323283 BC)
2. And one of his princes = Ptolemy made his son Ptolemy II Philadelphushis co-regent
Dan 11- 6
"And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south(Berenice daughter of Ptolemy II) shall come to the king of the north(the Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos) to make an agreement
an agreement with Ptolemy II (249 BC), had divorced his wife Laodice I and transferred the succession to Berenice's children.) but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times."--------Antiochus II Theos marries Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II, to seal a political alliance. Laodice, his first wife, has her assassinated
a. but she shall be given up - Antiochus II took up again with his first wife, Laodice. The Syrian King died shortly after, many suspect from poisoning. Queen Berenice claimed the regency for her infant son Antiochus and conquered Soloia with her army, however, she and her son were both killed by Laodice as well
Dan 11-7
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate(Berenice's brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes), which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:---- (Ptolemy III Euergetes, succeeded their father and set about to avenge his sister's murder by invading Syria and having Laodice killed.)
Dan 11-8
"And shall(Ptolemy III Euergetes) also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north(Antiochus II died in 246 B.C The Syrian King died shortly after, many suspect from poisoning).
Dan 11-9
So the king of the south(Ptolemy III Euergetes) shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
The Seleucidic Dynasty [198-167 BCE]
305-281 Seleucus I Nicator
281-261 Antiochus I Soter
261-247 Antiochus II Theos
247-226 Seleucus II Callinicus (son of Laodice)
226-223 Seleucus III Soter Ceraunos
223-187 Antiochus III the Great
Dan 11-10
"But his sons(Antiochus III the Great) shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forcesAntiochus attempts to acquire Phoenicia and Palestine) and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress
Dan 11-11
"And the king of the south(Ptolemy V Epiphanes) shall be moved with choler(anger), and shall come forth and fight with him,(Antiochus III the Great) even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand."
Dan 11-12
"And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it."
Dan 11 - 13
"For the king of the north(Antiochus III the Great) shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches"--------Antiochus III, see Josephus, Antiquities12.132-153, found in chapter 3, section 3 of Whiston's translation.
Dan 11-14
"And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south(Ptolemy V Epiphanes): also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall."
Historical Note:
He is supported by Simon II, son of Onias and Zadokite priest from about 219-196 (cf. Sirach 50:1-21)
Dan 11-15
"So the king of the north shall come(Antiochus III the Great), and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand."
Historical Note:
Antiochus defeats Ptolemy's general Scopas at the battle of Panion. Phoenicia and Palestine come under Seleucid control.
Dan 11-16
"But he( Philip V of Macedon) that cometh against him shall do according to his(Antiochus III the Great) own will,(secret pact with Philip V of Macedon ) and none shall stand before him: and he(Antiochus III the Great) shall stand in the glorious land(Israel), which by his hand shall be consumed."
Historical Note:
( Under the terms of this pact, Macedon were to receive Egypt's possessions around the Aegean Sea and Cyrene, while Antiochus would annex Cyprus and Egypt.)
(Once more Antiochus attacked the Ptolemaic province of Coele Syria and Phoenicia, and by 199 BC he seems to have had possession of it before the Aetolian leader Scopas recovered it for Ptolemy. But that recovery proved brief, for in 198 BC Antiochus defeated Scopas at the Battle of Panium, near the sources of the Jordan, a battle which marks the end of Ptolemaic rule in Judea.)
Dan 11-17
"He(Antiochus III the Great) shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him(Hebrews); thus shall he do: and he shall give him( Ptolemy V Epiphanes) the daughter of women(Cleopatra I the daughter of Antiochus III ), corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him"
Dan 11- 18
"After this shall he turn his face unto the isles(Antiochus would annex Cyprus and Egypt.), and shall take many: but a prince( Manius Acilius Glabrio) for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him."
Historical Note:
( Manius Acilius Glabrio the consul routed him at Thermopylae forcing him to withdraw to Asia Minor. Antiochus lll mounted a fresh eastern expedition in Luristan, where he died while pillaging a temple of Bel at Elymaïs, Persia, in 187 BC)
Dan 11-19
"Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found" -----(187 B.C Antiochus dies while attempting to loot a temple of Bel (to raise money to pay off Rome)
Dan 11- 20
"Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxesSeleucus IV Philopator) in the glory of the kingdom [he plundered the temple] but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle."
Historical Note:
On his return from Jerusalem, Heliodorus assassinated Seleucus, and seized the throne for himself..
After King Seleucus IV was assassinated by Heliodorus, a usurper, in 175 BC, Antiochus IV Epiphanes in turn ousted Heliodorus.
Dan 11-21
"And in his estate shall stand up a vile person(the kingdom was seized by the younger brother of Seleucus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes.), to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries."
Historical Note:
(Antiochus, with the help of King Eumenes II of Pergamum, seized the throne for himself, proclaiming himself co-regent for another son of Seleucus, an infant named Antiochus (whom he then murdered a few years later)
Dan 11-22
"And with the arms of a flood(destruction) shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant(Hebrew People)
Dan 11-23
"And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people."
Historical Note:
(Antiochus installs Jason, brother of Onias III, who accelerated Hellenization in Palestine.)
Dan 11- 24
"He(Antiochus IV Epiphanes) shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.(Antiochus conqured Coele-Syria in 170 BC)
Historical Note: Antiochus was the first Seleucid king to use divine epithets on coins These epithets included 'manifest god'
by Truth Hitman
Antiquities of the Jews - Book XII
CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY YEARS.
FROM THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO THE DEATH OF JUDAS MACCABEUS.
CHAPTER 1.
HOW PTOLEMY THE SON OF LAGUS TOOK JERUSALEM AND JUDEA BY DECEIT AND TREACHERY, AND CARRIED MANY THENCE, AND PLANTED THEM IN EGYPT.
The people of earth suffered "lost a great many of their inhabitants"
"And while these princes ambitiously strove one against another, every one for his own principality, it came to pass that there were continual wars, and those lasting wars too; and the cities were sufferers, and lost a great many of their inhabitants in these times of distress, insomuch that all Syria, by the means of Ptolemy the son of Lagus, underwent the reverse of that denomination of Savior, which he then had"
1. King of the South = Ptolemy I Soter I 367 BC c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt (323283 BC)
2. And one of his princes = Ptolemy made his son Ptolemy II Philadelphushis co-regent
Dan 11- 6
"And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south(Berenice daughter of Ptolemy II) shall come to the king of the north(the Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos) to make an agreement
an agreement with Ptolemy II (249 BC), had divorced his wife Laodice I and transferred the succession to Berenice's children.) but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times."--------Antiochus II Theos marries Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II, to seal a political alliance. Laodice, his first wife, has her assassinateda. but she shall be given up - Antiochus II took up again with his first wife, Laodice. The Syrian King died shortly after, many suspect from poisoning. Queen Berenice claimed the regency for her infant son Antiochus and conquered Soloia with her army, however, she and her son were both killed by Laodice as well
Dan 11-7
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate(Berenice's brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes), which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:---- (Ptolemy III Euergetes, succeeded their father and set about to avenge his sister's murder by invading Syria and having Laodice killed.)
Dan 11-8
"And shall(Ptolemy III Euergetes) also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north(Antiochus II died in 246 B.C The Syrian King died shortly after, many suspect from poisoning).
Dan 11-9
So the king of the south(Ptolemy III Euergetes) shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
The Seleucidic Dynasty [198-167 BCE]
305-281 Seleucus I Nicator
281-261 Antiochus I Soter
261-247 Antiochus II Theos
247-226 Seleucus II Callinicus (son of Laodice)
226-223 Seleucus III Soter Ceraunos
223-187 Antiochus III the Great
Dan 11-10
"But his sons(Antiochus III the Great) shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces
Antiochus attempts to acquire Phoenicia and Palestine) and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortressDan 11-11
"And the king of the south(Ptolemy V Epiphanes) shall be moved with choler(anger), and shall come forth and fight with him,(Antiochus III the Great) even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand."
Dan 11-12
"And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it."
Dan 11 - 13
"For the king of the north(Antiochus III the Great) shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches"--------Antiochus III, see Josephus, Antiquities12.132-153, found in chapter 3, section 3 of Whiston's translation.
Dan 11-14
"And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south(Ptolemy V Epiphanes): also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall."
Historical Note:
He is supported by Simon II, son of Onias and Zadokite priest from about 219-196 (cf. Sirach 50:1-21)
Dan 11-15
"So the king of the north shall come(Antiochus III the Great), and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand."
Historical Note:
Antiochus defeats Ptolemy's general Scopas at the battle of Panion. Phoenicia and Palestine come under Seleucid control.
Dan 11-16
"But he( Philip V of Macedon) that cometh against him shall do according to his(Antiochus III the Great) own will,(secret pact with Philip V of Macedon ) and none shall stand before him: and he(Antiochus III the Great) shall stand in the glorious land(Israel), which by his hand shall be consumed."
Historical Note:
( Under the terms of this pact, Macedon were to receive Egypt's possessions around the Aegean Sea and Cyrene, while Antiochus would annex Cyprus and Egypt.)
(Once more Antiochus attacked the Ptolemaic province of Coele Syria and Phoenicia, and by 199 BC he seems to have had possession of it before the Aetolian leader Scopas recovered it for Ptolemy. But that recovery proved brief, for in 198 BC Antiochus defeated Scopas at the Battle of Panium, near the sources of the Jordan, a battle which marks the end of Ptolemaic rule in Judea.)
Dan 11-17
"He(Antiochus III the Great) shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him(Hebrews); thus shall he do: and he shall give him( Ptolemy V Epiphanes) the daughter of women(Cleopatra I the daughter of Antiochus III ), corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him"
Dan 11- 18
"After this shall he turn his face unto the isles(Antiochus would annex Cyprus and Egypt.), and shall take many: but a prince( Manius Acilius Glabrio) for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him."
Historical Note:
( Manius Acilius Glabrio the consul routed him at Thermopylae forcing him to withdraw to Asia Minor. Antiochus lll mounted a fresh eastern expedition in Luristan, where he died while pillaging a temple of Bel at Elymaïs, Persia, in 187 BC)
Dan 11-19
"Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found" -----(187 B.C Antiochus dies while attempting to loot a temple of Bel (to raise money to pay off Rome)
Dan 11- 20
"Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes
Seleucus IV Philopator) in the glory of the kingdom [he plundered the temple] but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle." Historical Note:
On his return from Jerusalem, Heliodorus assassinated Seleucus, and seized the throne for himself..
After King Seleucus IV was assassinated by Heliodorus, a usurper, in 175 BC, Antiochus IV Epiphanes in turn ousted Heliodorus.
Dan 11-21
"And in his estate shall stand up a vile person(the kingdom was seized by the younger brother of Seleucus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes.), to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries."
Historical Note:
(Antiochus, with the help of King Eumenes II of Pergamum, seized the throne for himself, proclaiming himself co-regent for another son of Seleucus, an infant named Antiochus (whom he then murdered a few years later)
Dan 11-22
"And with the arms of a flood(destruction) shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant(Hebrew People)
Dan 11-23
"And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people."
Historical Note:
(Antiochus installs Jason, brother of Onias III, who accelerated Hellenization in Palestine.)
Dan 11- 24
"He(Antiochus IV Epiphanes) shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.(Antiochus conqured Coele-Syria in 170 BC)
Historical Note: Antiochus was the first Seleucid king to use divine epithets on coins These epithets included 'manifest god'
