The Hellenistic Age. For less than $5/mo. 12 When the army is carried off, Psalm 10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 38He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these. He forced his own appointment as dictator with considerable power (82 B.C.) This new king of the North which comes against the king of the South, would do according to his own will, (dictators) and none shall stand before him. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. 9Then the king of the North will invade the realm of the king of the South but will retreat to his own country. In those days she will NKJV, The American Patriot's Bible: The Word of God and the Shaping of America, NKJV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version, NKJV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People. 47.2 The Grecian kingdom finally resolves into two, ruled by the Seleucids & Ptolomies. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. 6And 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 her [a]authority, and neither he nor his [b]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. And the forces of the south shall not stand, or even his best troops, for there shall be no strength to stand. Tiberius was not a direct heir to the throne, yet through the help of his convincing mother, he acquired the throne. WebDaniel 11:5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. King of the south - Ptolemy Soter, who had Egypt, Palestine and part of Syria in the south, is the king of the south at this point of the prophecy. And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the Prince of the covenant. Both Corinth and Carthage, commercial rivals of Rome. 22Armies shall be (AG)utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant. 30:7; Ezek. For less than $5/mo. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time. In Acts 18:2 we read that the emperor Claudius (41-54) commanded all Jews to depart from Rome. Most people were still in Babylon; they were too comfortable in Babylon. 15Then the king of the north shall come and (U)throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail. 33(AR)And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder. 16The invader will do as he pleases;(L) no one will be able to stand against him. Ptolemy III Euergetes returned to his own kingdom. 37:9; Dan. Rome robbed its conquered territories. She did not stay loyal to Julius Caesar but joined with Anthony, his rival. Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. "But many shall stand up." While this was a smaller territory, Egypt was incredibly wealthy. Eventually this wealth, especially in the form of massive food stores, will attract the attention of Rome. The horn is identified in Daniel 8:21 as the first king of Grecia who is Alexander 333-323 B.C and he defeats the Persian ram. 7One from her family line will arise to take her place. WebWesley's Notes for Daniel 11:5. 23And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people. (Q)And he shall raise a great multitude, but it shall be given into his hand. History shows that pagan celebrations were given Christian meaning. He actually ruled from Babylon and was worhshiped as a god. During the years before Constantine, the Roman Empire was greatly weakened. The king of the south's daughter will go to marry the king of the north. The changes that the Watchtower Society has made in its teachings regarding the identities of these kings is yet another example of the unreliability of Watchtower prophecy. The Greeks were an intellectual power and revealed her strength in philosophy. WebDaniel Chapter 11 1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 4But you, Daniel, (AS)shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall (AT)run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase., 5Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that (AU)riverbank. 5Then the king of the south shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he (J)and shall rule, and his authority shall be a great authority. The falling away that the man of sin be revealed, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (T) In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle. And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. She arranged to have her husband Antichus poisoned. The people chose Marius but the Senate favored Sulla. Web11 Then, in a rage, the king of the south will rally against the vast forces assembled by the king of the north and will defeat them. The Kings of the North and South are the subject of the Daniel 11:5-20, culminating in the rise (11:9-16) and fall (11:17-19) of Antiochus III the Great. 6After some years (K)they shall make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement. WebDaniel 11:11. 18After this he shall turn his face to the coastlands, and shall take many. 27The two kings, with their hearts bent on evil,(AA) will sit at the same table and lie(AB) to each other, but to no avail, because an end will still come at the appointed time. 44But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many. 16But he who comes against him shall (V)do as he wills, and (W)none shall stand before him. ), [See ver. But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him. Thus the prophetic picture now leaves the Persian Empire and focuses on Greece. Since November 2021, Reading Acts is edited by Sarah Westphal. 13But you, go your way till the end; (BF)for you shall rest, (BG)and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.. 11.9 22With the [j]force of a (T)flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, (U)and also the prince of the covenant. They reigned over their territory with a central power, like the ancient Egyptians. At the height of Alexanders campaign, he died in the land of Babylon. WebDaniel 11 English Standard Version The Kings of the South and the North 11 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. He took Isles of Greece, North Africa and Spain. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. The Persian fleet was all but annihilated and Xerxes retreated. A death decree! 24:21; Mark 13:19, NKJV, Abide Bible, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version, NKJV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture. It is recorded that: in less than ten years he captured more than 800 towns, brought into submission 300 tribes, fought against 3,000,000 foes, killed a million, and took a million prisoners. Web11 Then the king of the South will march out in a rage and fight against the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be defeated. So this new king of the north, Rome, who had emerged victorious in the Punic Wars, began to receive appeals for help from the Southern states against King Philip V of Macedonia. Constantine sought to find common ground and make an agreement that united Christianity with Paganism. 13For the king of the North will muster another army, larger than the first; and after several years, he will advance with a huge army fully equipped. But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: Antiochus III the Great (241-187) was determined to drive the Ptolemies out of Syria. You treat the Bible as a history book as opposed to a Prophetic book. 11:5 The king of the south - This king was Ptolemy, the first king of Egypt after Alexander who is brought in, because he took Jerusalem by treachery; for the angel minds only those persons and things which related to the Jews. And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the kings daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. But a ruler shall bring the reproach against them to an end; and with the reproach removed, he shall turn back on him. By 202 B.C. Three more Persian kings will reign, to be succeeded by a fourth, far richer than the others. The vision then briefly describes a mighty king, undoubtedly Alexander the Great (11:3-4). He will take action against it and then return to his own country. Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. Bible > Daniel > Web11 And the king of the South shall be moved with rage, and go out and fight with him, with the king of the North, who shall muster a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into the hand of his enemy. Someone will kill her, her husband, her child and (AC) 28The king of the North will return to his own country with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant. (C) 4After he has arisen, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. Rome would utterly consume their homeland by 134 A.D. Daniel 11.17 Behold, there shall stand up yet 8:8). 30(X)For ships from [m]Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. For less than $5/mo. 45And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. This is may reflect a prejudice in the writer of Sirach, or as C. L. Seow suggests, a prejudice in the writer of Daniel (Daniel, 174). Many Bible Scholars claim that the books of the Prophets have already been fulfilled and have little importance for Christians today. In 2019 he published a commentary. This will again be seen in the Islamic take over of the south during the Middle Ages when the stout horn of the fourth beast has supremacy in the North. 10, 19, 38, 39], Matt. took him to the English Channel, twice he crossed (55 and 54 B.C.) 20There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom; but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle. He will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. In Daniel 11, the Grecian empire is divided by Alexander's 4 generals after his death. get to know the Bible better! Antiochus lost 17,000 men in this battle and Ptolemy annexed Palestine. 12Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days. The king of the south is stirring up trouble even today. Used by permission. Their capital was set up in Alexandria. Messiah will be cut off. Daniel 11:40 At the time of the end, the king of the South will For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. Phillip J. It was the center of Greece philosophy and cultural center. 15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not Indeed, many Jews joined the destruction of the Ptolemy Vs army. Both Darius and Xerxes attacked the Greek States. NKJV, Ancient-Modern Bible, Comfort Print: One faith. 23:1, 12; Jer. While the kingdoms of Egypt and Syria were subsisting, the king of the south and the north applied to them exclusively: but they did not exist at the time of His shadow fell over the known civilization of his time and is still influencing the world today. 5:9; Dan. Since Philip of Macedonia had aided the Carthage leader, Hannibal, in the Punic wars, Rome saw him as a threat. WebDaniel 11:15Authorized (King James) Version. And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south ( Daniel 11:13-14): So the king of the north came back again, which was Antiochus Megas, known as Antiochus the Great. 37He shall regard neither the [q]God of his fathers nor the desire of women, (AB)nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all. Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. The inhabitants of Corsica and Ardinia were sold in the slave markets of Rome. Ptolemy IV Epiphanes, ruler in the South, went forth to fight with Antiochus III (the king of the North)/ Antichus III was defeated and lose ten thousand soldiers. 1 and in the first year of Darius the Mede I stood to strengthen him and be his refuge.. 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