“And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.”
The king of the south will become strong, but one of his princes will become still stronger than he and his dominion will be a great dominion—introducing the Ptolemaic (south/Egypt) and Seleucid (north/Syria) dynasties that emerged from Alexander's fragmentation, with the northern kingdom (Seleucid) eventually surpassing southern power. The south/north geographic designation reflects the perspective of Judah positioned between these competing powers. This prophecy explains the geopolitical reality that dominated the intertestamental period.
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