DANIEL 11:30b
From this point in the prophecy given to Daniel in Daniel 11 & 12, the focus shifts from the Seleucid and Ptolemaic rulers. The cruel malevolence which Antiochus IV (175 B.C.E. – 164 B.C.E.) unleashes upon the Jews upon his return from Egypt (after being forced to surrender his hold on the Ptolemaic Kingdom,) ironically, leads to the foundation of the independent Jewish Hasmonean Kingdom. Co-Co, The Coconut-Throwing Chimpanzee Schoolmaster, thought that it would be useful to note the Seleucid and Ptolemaic rulers from this point on, until both empires were brought under the total control of The Roman Republic….