In his place will arise one who will send an exactor of tribute through the glorious land; but within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger or in battle—prophesying Seleucus IV Philopator, who will be remembered as sending a tax collector through Judea and whose reign will end in mysterious death (assassination) rather than military defeat. The focus on tax collection emphasizes the oppressive economic burden placed on subject peoples. The "not in anger or in battle" suggests internal treachery or assassination.

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