But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: (Daniel 11:7)
Ptolemy III Euergetes, son of Ptolemy II and brother of Berenice, succeeded his father in 246 B.C., and invaded Syria in revenge for his sister’s murder.
Shall prevail.
Ptolemy III seems to have been entirely victorious in his campaign against Seleucus II. He pressed his conquests inland at least as far as Mesopotamia— though he boasted of having penetrated to Bactria—and he established Egyptian sea power on the Mediterranean.