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