And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold. Ptolemy, on hearing of a sedition in Egypt, returned with 40,000 talents of silver, precious vessels, and 2,400 images, including Egyptian idols, which Cambyses had carried from Egypt into Persia. The idolatrous Egyptians were so gratified that they named him Euergetes, or Benefactor. Justin says that he would have occupied the whole kingdom of Seleucus, had he not been called back to Egypt by the sedition there.
And he shall continue more years than the king of the north. Ptolemy survived Seleucus four years, reigning in all 46 years. Maurer translates х ya`ªmod (H5975)] (as the Hebrew means in Genesis 29:35), 'Then he for several years shall desist from (contending with) the king of the north' (cf. Daniel 11:9).