Verse 8
8. He shall also carry away with him into Egypt “their gods, with their molten images, and with their desirable things of silver and gold; then shall he desist some years from attacking the king of the north.” It is said that the silver captured amounted to forty thousand talents, and that there were two thousand five hundred of these images, including those which Cambyses had carried off from Egypt in one of his campaigns. It has been said that it was this great triumph which gained for the king the name Euergetes (“magnificent”). If the A.V. is to be followed, he shall continue more years than the king of the north This refers to the fact that Ptolemy outlived Seleucus II several years. The other rendering, as given above, is, however, permissible and contains a more significant statement.
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