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Daniel 11:10-19
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10 His sons[a] will wage war, mustering a large army that will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s[b] fortress.[c]

11 “Then the king of the south[d] will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand. 12 When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant.[e] He will be responsible for the death[f] of thousands and thousands of people,[g] but he will not continue to prevail. 13 For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies.

14 “In those times many will oppose[h] the king of the south.[i] Those who are violent[j] among your own people will rise up in confirmation of[k] the vision, but they will falter. 15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city.[l] The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents.[m] They will have no strength to prevail. 16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.[n] 17 His intention[o] will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances.[p] He will give the king of the south[q] a daughter[r] in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage. 18 Then he will turn his attention[s] to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander[t] will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition,[u] he will make him pay for his shameful conduct.[v] 19 He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 11:10 sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223 b.c.) and Antiochus III the Great (ca. 223-187 b.c.).
  2. Daniel 11:10 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Daniel 11:10 tn Heb “and he will certainly come and overflow and cross over and return and be aroused unto a fortress.” The translation has attempted to simplify the syntax of this difficult sequence.
  4. Daniel 11:11 sn This king of the south refers to Ptolemy IV Philopator (ca. 221-204 b.c.).
  5. Daniel 11:12 tn Heb “his heart will be lifted up.” The referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Daniel 11:12 tn Heb “cause to fall.”
  7. Daniel 11:12 tn Heb “of myriads.”
  8. Daniel 11:14 tn Heb “stand against.”
  9. Daniel 11:14 sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181 b.c.).
  10. Daniel 11:14 tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s)” is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.
  11. Daniel 11:14 tn Heb “to cause to stand.”
  12. Daniel 11:15 sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
  13. Daniel 11:15 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).
  14. Daniel 11:16 tn Heb “hand.”
  15. Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “and he will set his face” (cf. vv. 18, 19).
  16. Daniel 11:17 tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).
  17. Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  18. Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”sn The daughter refers to Cleopatra, the daughter of Antiochus, who was given in marriage to Ptolemy V.
  19. Daniel 11:18 tn Heb “his face,” as also in v. 19.
  20. Daniel 11:18 sn The commander is probably the Roman commander, Lucius Cornelius Scipio.
  21. Daniel 11:18 tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (bilti, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear.
  22. Daniel 11:18 tn Heb “his shameful conduct he will return to him.”
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