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The Fundamentals
PROPHECY GIVEN B. C. 534
FULFILLMENT tiochus Theos, who had Berenice poisoned. He seized the fortress, the port of Antioch. Ptolemy Euergetes did exactly as predicted. He returned with 4,000 talents of gold and 40,000 talents of silver and 2,500 idols and idolatrous vessels. Many of these Cambyses had taken to Per sia. In 240 b . c. Seleucus Callinicus the King of the North invaded Egypt. He had to return defeated. His fleet perished in a storm. The sons of Seleucus Callinicus were Seleucus III and Antiochus the Great. Seleucus (Ceraunos) III began war against Egyptian Provinces in Asia Minor. He was unsuccessful. The other son An tioch invaded Egypt and passed through because Ptolemy Philo- pater did not oppose him. In 218 b . c. Antiochus continued his war fare and took the fortress Gaza. In 217 b . c. Ptolemy aroused himself and fought Antiochus the Great with an immense army. He defeated Antiochus. The multi tude was given into the hands of Ptolemy Philopater.
And “ shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the King of the North.” (Verse 8 .) “So the King of the South shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.” (Verse 9.) ( L i t e r a l tra n s la t io n ) : “and the same [King of the North] shall come into the realm of the King of the South, but shall return into his own land.” “But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall cer tainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he re turn, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.” (Verse 10.) And “ the King of the South shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the King of the 'North: and he shall set forth a great multitude but the multitude shall be given into his hand.” (Verse 11.)
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