--Ptolemy defeated Antiochus near Gaza but did not follow up the victory. 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_. 13. For the king of the north --Antiochus 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. 14. And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south; also the robbers of thy people --secret enemies of the Jews-- shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fail. 15. So the king of the north shall come, 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. 16. But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, --the wars of Antiochus the Great-- and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land --Palestine-- which by his hand shall be consumed. 17. He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: --Using marriage for political gain: Antiochus gave his daughter Cleopatra in marriage to Ptolemy Epiphanes, hoping for benefit, but it turned out otherwise-- but she shall not stand _on his side_, neither be for him. 18. After this he shall turn his face unto the Isles, and shall take many: but a prince --a Roman General-- for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach --Antiochus said:--"Asia did not concern the Romans and he was not subject to their orders"-- he shall cause _it_ to turn upon him. --He was defeated by the Romans, at Magnesia. 19. Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land; --pillage the temples-- but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. --Antiochus the Great was slain. 20. Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes _in_ the glory of the kingdom: --his son Seleucus Philopater, who sent out Heliodorus and taxed the temples as well as the people-- but within a few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. --Seleucus shortly after, died in a mysterious manner. 21. And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, --Antiochus Epiphanes-- to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22. And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. --Onias III, the high priest was put to death by his order.