Daniel 11:5

Daniel 11:5

3 Then ^aa mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and ^bdo according to his will.

4 And when he has arisen, ^ahis kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity ^bnor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.

Warring Kings of North and South

5 “Also the king of the South shall become strong, as well as one of his princes; and he shall gain power over him and have dominion. His dominion shall be a great dominion.

6 And at the end of some years they shall join forces, for the daughter of the king of the South shall go to the king of the North to make an agreement; but she shall not retain the power of her¹ authority, and neither he nor his² authority shall stand; but she shall be given up, with those who brought her, and with him who begot her, and with him who strengthened her in those times.

7 But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the North, and deal with them and prevail.

8 And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their¹ princes and their precious articles of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Here the prophet leaves Asia and Greece and takes up Egypt and Syria, these being in continual conflict under Alexander's successors, entailing misery on Judea, which lay between the two. Holy Scripture handles external history only so far as it is connected with God's people, Israel [JEROME]. TREGELLES puts a chasm between the fourth and fifth verses, making the transition to the final Antichrist here, answering to the chasm (in his view) at Daniel 8:22-23.

king of . . . south—literally, "of midday": Egypt (Daniel 11:8, Daniel 11:42), PTOLEMY Soter, son of Lagus. He took the title "king," whereas Lagus was but "governor."

one of his princes—Seleucus, at first a satrap of PTOLEMY Lagus, but from 312 BC king of the largest empire after that of Alexander (Syria, Babylon, Media, etc.), and called therefore Nicator, that is, "conqueror." Connect the words thus, "And one of his (PTOLEMY'S) princes, even he (Seleucus) shall be strong above him" (above PTOLEMY, his former master).

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