this second, divided phase, it was weaker, just as iron mixed with clay is weaker than iron. In addition, the reference to the mixture of people in verse 43 corresponds to later references in Daniel to intermarriage between the Seleucids and Ptolemies, two of the successor dynasties (11:6, 17): Antiochus II married Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, in 252 B.C., and Ptolemy V Epiphanes married Cleopatra I, daughter of Antiochus III, in 193/192 B.C. Beyond chapter 2, the rest of the book