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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
before him. He was far from being

displeased with the stratagem, and being of a

character described in 2 Peter 2:14, the first

sight of so beautiful a person, says Rollin, had

all the effect upon him she had desired.

Caesar at length decreed that the brother and

sister should occupy the throne jointly,

according to the intent of the will. Pothinus,

the chief minister of state, having been

principally instrumental in expelling

Cleopatra from the throne, feared the result of

her restoration. He therefore began to excite

jealousy and hostility against Caesar, by

insinuating among the populace that he

designed eventually to give Cleopatra the sole

power. Open sedition soon followed. Achillas,

at the head of 20,000 men, advanced to drive

Caesar from Alexandria. Skillfully disposing