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The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1-45

EXPOSITION THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:5-20

The chequered fortunes of earthly empire. There is but one condition of permanence in any kingdom, viz. righteousness. Success, founded on military power, collapses as quickly as it rose. As night succeeds to day, so misfortune succeeds to fortune. If God be not recognized, the one element of durability is a-wanting. I. GOD GOVERNS OUR WORLD BY IMPERFECT HUMAN AGENCIES . If men express their astonishment at this, our reply is that it is the best on the whole, and if he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:6

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's 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. The LXX . differs in a remarkable way from this, "And at the end of years he shall lead them, and the King of Egypt shall enter into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:7

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. The version of the LXX . is very different here also, "And a plant shall arise out of his root against himself, and the king of the north shall come against his power in his might, and shall cause disturbance, and[ prevail." The Hebrew text would bear the translation here given of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:8

And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. The version of the LXX . is again very different from that of the Massoretic text, "And their gods, with them that moulded them, he shall subdue ( καταστρέψει ), and their multitudes with the vessels of their desirable things, the silver and the gold, shall go into captivity in Egypt, and the year... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 11:6

And in the end of years - In the future periods of the history of these two kingdoms. The event here referred to did not occur during the lives of these two kings, Seleucus Nicator and Ptolemy Soter, but in the reign of their successors, Ptolemy Philadelphus and Antiochus Theos or Theus. The phrase “the end of years” would well denote such a future period. The Vulgate renders it, “after the end of years;” that is, after many years have elapsed. The meaning is “after a certain course or lapse of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 11:7

But out of a branch of her roots - Compare the notes at Isaiah 11:1. The meaning is, that as a branch or shoot springs up from a tree that is decayed and fallen, so there would spring up some one of her family who would come to avenge her. That is, a person is indicated who would be of a common stock with her; or, in other words, if taken strictly, a brother. The phrase “branch of her roots” is somewhat peculiar. The words “her roots” must refer to her family; that from which she sprang. We... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 11:8

And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods ... - That is, their idols. Jerome (in loc.) says that Ptolemy took with him, on his return, forty thousand talents of silver, a vast number of precious vessels of gold, and images to the number of two thousand four hundred, among which were many of the Egyptian idols, which Cambyses, on his conquering Egypt, had carried into Persia. These Ptolemy restored to the temple to which they belonged, and by this much endeared himself to his people.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 11:6

Daniel 11:6. And in the end of years That is, after several years, for these wars lasted long. They shall join themselves together Shall enter into a league or confederacy with each other. For the king’s daughter of the south, &c. They agreed to make peace, upon condition that Antiochus Theus should put away his former wife, Laodice, and her two sons, and marry Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus. Thus she came to the king of the north to make an agreement For Ptolemy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 11:7-8

Daniel 11:7-8. But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up One of the same stock, or original, with Berenice, namely, her brother, Ptolemy Euergetes, shall succeed his father in the government of Egypt, and shall revenge his sister’s quarrel, by invading the territories of Seleucus Callinicus, then reigning in Syria with his mother Laodice; and shall deal, or act, against them, and shall prevail According to Justin and other authors, he prevailed so far, that he made himself... read more

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