THE TIME SPAN OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL. SIX HUNDRED YEARS: 606/5 B.C.E. – 6/5 B.C.E. FORTY YEARS: 6/5 B.C.E. – 36 C.E. ONE HUNDRED YEARS: 36 C.E. – 135/6 C.E. 135/6 C.E. – UNTIL THE ENDING OF TIME.
Daniel 11:17 occurs in the year 253 B.C.E. and 252 B.C.E. It is the second mention of A Princess in The Six Hundred Years from 536/5 B.C.E. (The Year of Daniel’s Exile to Babylon) unto The Birth of The MESSIAH, THE PRINCE OF ISRAEL in 6/5 B.C.E. Daniel 11:17 “He [Antiochus III (223 B.C.E.- 187 B.C.E)] shall also set His face to enter [Egypt] with the strength of His Whole Kingdom, and upright ones with Him [bringing equitable terms with Him]. And He [Antiochus III (223 B.C.E. – 187 B.C.E.)] shall give Him [Ptolemy V (204 B.C.E. – 180 B.C.E.)] The Daughter of Women [Cleopatra I ‘SYRA’ (c.210 B.C.E. – 176 B.C.E.)]. But She [Cleopatra I ‘SYRA’ [c. 210 B.C.E. – 176 B.C.E.)] shall not stand on His [Antiochus III (223 B.C.E. – 187 B.C.E) ‘s] side, neither for Him [Antiochus III (223 B.C.E. – 187 B.C.E.)]” Daniel 11:17 The First Princess noted (Daniel 11:6) is the tragic Berenice, a princess of The Ptolemaic House, who was married to The Seleucid King, Antiochus II as part of The Peace Treaty signed after The Second Syrian War (260 B.C.E. – 253 B.C.E). Her assassination and the assassination of her son led to The Third Syrian War (246 B.C.E. – 241 B.C.E.) This war saw Berenice’s brother, Ptolemy III, win a significant victory over The Seleucid Empire. The Princess, noted in today’s verse (Daniel 11:17), is the daughter of Antiochus III, Cleopatra I. Her marriage to Ptolemy V was part of The Peace Treaty signed after The Fifth Syrian War (202 B.C.E. – 195 B.C.E.) when Antiochus III as a seasoned campaigner defeated Ptolemy IV at The Battle of Panium in 198 B.C.E. The marriage took place in 192 B.C.E. in Raphia, (the place where Antiochus III as a young monarch had…