But out of a branch of her roots 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:
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army. Ptolemy Euergetes, brother of Berenice, succeeding in the place (see margin) of Philadelphus, avenged her death by overrunning Syria, even to the Euphrates.
And shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them - he shall deal with the Syrians at his own pleasure. He killed Laodice.