Page 12 - 11 A Literal Prophecy

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
with Ptolemy Philadelphus, the second king

of Egypt, and Antiochus Theos, third king of

Syria. They at length agreed to make peace

upon condition that Antiochus Theos should

put away his former wife, Laodice, and her

two sons, and should marry Berenice, the

daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus. Ptolemy

accordingly brought his daughter to

Antiochus, bestowing with her an immense

dowry.

“But she shall not retain the power of the

arm;” that is, her interest and power with

Antiochus. And so it proved; for some time

shortly after, in a fit of love, Antiochus brought

back his former wife, Laodice, and her

children, to court again. Then says the

prophecy, “Neither shall he [Antiochus] stand,

nor his arm,” or seed. Laodice, being restored