330 3 Alexander (331-323) Antiochus III, Part I Perdiccas (323-320)

Onias I 320 4 Antipater (320-319) Daniel 11:10-14

10 5 "And his (Seleucus II) sons (Seleucus III and Antiochus III) will mobilize and 310 assemble a multitude of great forces (the Fourth Syrian war, starting in 219); and one of them (Antiochus III) will keep on coming and overflow and pass 300 Ptolemy I (305-282) through, that he may again wage war up to his very fortress. Seleucus I (312-280) 11 "And the king of the South (Ptolemy IV) will be enraged and go forth and 290 fight with the king of the North (Antiochus III). Then the latter (Antiochus III) will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of 280 the former (Ptolemy IV, at the Battle of Raphia, 217 BC).

12 "When the multitude is carried away, his heart (Ptolemy IV) will be lifted 1st Syrian War (274-271) Simon I 270 Antiochus I (280-261) up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail (Ptolemy IV made peace despite his win). Ptolemy II (282-246) 13 "For the king of the North (Antiochus III) will again raise a greater 260 2nd Syrian War (260-253) multitude (allied with Philip V of Macedon) than the former, and after an 6 Antiochus II (261-246) 250 interval of some (14) years he will press on with a great army and much 3rd Syrian War (246-241) 7 equipment. 8 14 240 9 "Now in those times (207 BC) many (native Egyptians) will rise up against Seleucus II (246-226) the king of the South (Ptolemy IV; the boy king Ptolemy V made Ptolemy III (246-222) concessions, as recorded on the Rosetta Stone, 196 BC); the violent ones Onias II 230 c. 240-218 among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, Seleucus III (226-223)

220 but they will fall down (Oniad priesthood, or the Tobiads?). 4th Syrian War (219-217) 10 11 Ptolemy IV (221-204) 12 210 13 14 Antiochus III (223-187) Simon II 200 5th Syrian War (202-195)

Ptolemy V (204-180) 190

Onias III Seleucus IV (187-175) 185-175 180

Points to Ponder

 Some knowledge of history is absolutely necessary to appreciate this kind of prophecy.  These prophecies are given in a way that is so veiled that they cannot be used to predict events as they occur.  These prophecies are so accurate that much of modern scholarship considers them to have been written after the fact.  War elephants at the Battle of Raphia, 217 BC.