“He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.”
He will turn his face to come with the strength of all his kingdom, and he will bring terms of peace and perform them; he will give him the daughter of women to destroy the kingdom, but she will not stand or be to his advantage—describing Antiochus III's diplomatic marriage alliance with Ptolemy V, where he married his daughter Cleopatra I to the young Egyptian king, attempting to gain control through dynastic connections. The daughter's failure to serve his purposes illustrates the futility of political arrangements. This diplomatic maneuver ultimately benefited Egypt more than Seleucid interests.
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