Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 11:11
11. the king of the south . . . moved with choler—at so great losses, Syria having been wrested from him, and his own kingdom imperilled, though otherwise an indolent man, to which his disasters were owing, as also to the odium of his subjects against him for having murdered his father, mother, and brother, whence in irony they called him Philopater, "father-lover." he shall set forth a great multitude—Antiochus, king of Syria, whose force was seventy thousand infantry and five thousand... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 11:11
Daniel 11:11. And the king of the south shall be moved, &c.— The king of the south, at that time, was Ptolemy Philopater, who succeeded his father Euergetes: he was, no doubt, moved with choler for the losses that he had sustained, and for the revolt of Theodotus and others. And he came forth; he marched out of Egypt with a numerous army, and encamped not far from Raphia, the nearest town of Egypt after Rhinocorura. And there he fought with—the king of the north; for thither likewise came... read more