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• As Daniel’s prophecy tells us, of the four generals, three of them were unimportant as far as Biblical history is concerned. In the south of Israel, in Egypt, were the Ptolemies, forming the Ptolemaic kingdom. But in the north there were the Seleucids, with the Seleucid kingdom. It is the Seleucid kingdom that is described in some detail in Daniel’s prophecy. As time went by, the Seleucids, under that notorious king, Antiochus Epiphanes, would wax strong. He fought the Ptolemies in Egypt, overcoming them, but then stretched forth his hand against the Land of Israel. He brought the full force of his wrath down on the Jews.