“So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.”
The king of the north will come and throw up siege works, and take a well-fortified city; and the forces of the south will not stand, or even his picked troops, for they will have no strength to stand—describing Antiochus III's successful siege of Sidon and gradual conquest of southern territory, establishing Seleucid control of Judea and ending Egyptian dominion there. The detailed military language emphasizes the completeness of the military reversal and Ptolemaic collapse. This shift had profound implications for Jewish autonomy.
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