--after the setting up of the sanctuary and the host, B.C. 445, three kings in Persia, viz.: Darius Nothus, Artaxerxes Mnemon, and Ochus,-- and the fourth --Darius Codomannus-- shall be far richer than _they_ all: and by his strength and through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3. And a mighty king --Alexander the Great-- shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. --from Greece to India. 4. And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; --among his four generals;-- and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. 5. And the king of the south --Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt-- shall be strong, and _one_ of his princes; and he shall be strong above him --Antiochus II-- and have dominion; his dominion _shall_ be a great dominion. 6. And in the end of the years --in the course of time-- they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter --Bernice-- of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: --Antiochus banished his own wife Laodice and her children in favor of Bernice-- but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up --Antiochus after the death of Ptolemy expelled Bernice and recalled the rejected Laodice.-- and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in _these_ times. 7. But out of a branch of her roots --Ptolemy II, called Evergetes-- shall _one_ stand up in his estate, 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: --Laodice placed her son Seleucus II on the throne. Ptolemy III made an expedition against Syria, slew Laodice and conquered the realm from Cilicia to the Tigris. 8. And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, _and_ with their precious vessels of silver and of gold --the booty was immense, 2500 idols, 4000 talents of gold, etc.-- and he shall continue _more_ years than the king of the north. 9. So the king of the south shall come into _his_ kingdom, and shall return into his own land. 10. But his sons --Seleucus III and Antiochus III, the Great-- shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and _one_ shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through; then shall he return, and be stirred up, _even_ to his fortress. 11. And the king of the south --Ptolemy IV, was luxurious and indolent-- 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.