Daniel 11:6. they shall join themselves: refers to the attempt of Ptolemy II (285- 247) and Antiochus II to form a matrimonial alliance between the two empires. the king's daughter: Berenice. Ptolemy II, in order to bring the long and disastrous wars between Egypt and Syria to a close, gave his daughter Berenice in marriage to Antiochus II, on condition that he divorced his wife Laodice, and upon the understanding that if Berenice had a son, he should unite the two empires. she shall retain: the arrangement did not succeed. After the death of Ptolemy, Antiochus dismissed Berenice and took back his previous wife, Laodice. neither shall he stand: Antiochus was murdered by Laodice. she shall be given up: Berenice was put to death at the instigation of Laodice. they that bought her: i.e. Berenice's attendants. he that begat her: Ptolemy II, but Charles emends the text and reads, her son.
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Daniel 11:6
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.