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Daniel 11:15-16

DANIEL—NOTE ON Daniel 11:15 Antiochus III the Great (the king of the north) fought against General Scopas and the forces of the south at the battle of Panium, a well-fortified city, in 198 B.C. The Egyptian forces were soundly defeated and they fled to Sidon, where General Scopas finally surrendered. Antiochus took control of Phoenicia and Palestine, which remained under Syrian control until Pompey’s invasion in 63 B.C. established Roman rule.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 15. _SO THE KING OF THE NORTH_] Antiochus came to recover Judea. Scopas was sent by Ptolemy to oppose him; but he was defeated near the fountains of Jordan, and was obliged to take refuge in _S...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SO THE KING OF THE NORTH - Antiochus the Great. SHALL COME - Shall come again into these provinces. This occurred after he had vanquished the army of the Egyptians at Paneas. He then took Sidon and Pa...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Dan...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 11:15. WELL-FENCED CITY: Sidon, which was captured by Antiochus....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE KING OF THE NORTH. This is Antiochus III (the Great); and verses: Daniel 11:16 describe his doings, which were. typical foreshadowing of his antitype, "the little horn", the yet future antichrist,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Seleucus III. (Ceraunos), 226 223, and Antiochus III. (the Great), 223 187: Ptolemy IV. (Philopator), 222 205, and Ptolemy V. (Epiphanes), 205 181. Seleucus Callinicus left two sons, Seleucus Cerauno...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SO THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL COME, &C. _AND TAKE THE MOST FENCED CITIES_— Antiochus, being desirous to recover Judaea, and the cities which Scopas had taken, came again into those parts. Scopas was...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (3) PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDS, II TEXT: Daniel 11:10-20 10 And his sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strengt...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FINAL VISION These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 co

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MOST FENCED CITIES] RV 'a well-fenced city,' Sidon....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 11 V1 ‘Since the first year that Darius from Media ruled, I supported him’, he continued. ‘And I helped him.’ Verse 1 This is really p...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE KING OF THE NORTH. — This prince attacks the fortress of his rival, who is unable to resist him. Here it is supposed that the allusion is to the capture of Sidon by Antiochus the Great. The troops...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ יָבֹא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ צָּפֹ֔ון וְ יִשְׁפֹּךְ֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SECOND SECTION (Daniel 11:10) Events from the death of Ptolemy Euergetes (B.C. 247) to the death of Antiochus III (the Great, B.C. 175). In the following verses, as Behrmann observes, there is a so...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The foretelling of the glorious One is contained in this chapter. It covered a period to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and finally referred to the Messianic kingdom. There would be yet three kings...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 (e) not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither [shall there be any] st...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Cities; Sidon, Gaza, and the citadel of Jerusalem, &c. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If my Reader be more curious to make search into hidden things, than to turn over again and again those which the Lord hath revealed; I fear that he will not be pleased with the shortness I purpose to...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The angel follows up the same sentiment. He says, When Antiochus the Great shall burst forth, there shall be no valor in the Egyptians to resist him, for he shall take a fortified city. There is a cha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. In chapter 10 we return to the East [1]. Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and cha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL COME, AND CAST UP A MOUNT, AND TAKE THE MOST FENCED CITIES,.... That is, Antiochus the great, king of Syria, should come into Coelesyria and Phoenicia, which was the par...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 withstand, neither his chosen people, neither [shall there be any] streng...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So the king of the north shall come and take the most fenced cities_ It was in the absence of Antiochus that these advantages were obtained by the arms of Egypt; but his presence soon turned the scal...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Daniel 11:1. ALSO I, IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS, THE MEDE, EVEN I, STOOD TO CONFIRM AND TO STRENGTHEN HIM, or, "even as I stood by to strengthen him," the inference being that the various angelic spi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So the king of the North shall come, advancing to the attack once more, AND CAST UP A MOUNT AND TAKE THE MOST FENCED CITIES, literally, "city of fortifications," a term used of the fortresses of the S...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE MOST FENCED CITIES: _ Heb._ the city of munitions HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE: _ Heb._ the people of his choices...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-30 The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. D...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Antiochus Epiphanes shall march on irresistibly and victoriously, besieging and taking fenced cities and strong holds, as Sidon, Samaria, &c., nor shall all the power of Egypt withstand him....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:15 king H4428 North H6828 come H935 (H8799) build H8210 (H8799) mound H5550 take H3920 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘So the king of the north will come, and throw up siege works, and take a well-fenced city. And the arms of the south will not withstand, nor the people of his choice, nor will there be any strength t...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    KING OF THE NORTH Antiochus the Great, B.C. 198....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy covering the period from Darius to anti-Christ, showing the conflicts of nations, and final heading up for destruction. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Kings of Persia and Greece, anti-Ch...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 11:2. _There shall stand up yet three kings in Persia._ Daniel, a minister of state for most of his long life, was here shewn the succession of kingdoms in so clear a light as to command all me...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXXVIII.—THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND OF THE SOUTH. (Chap. Daniel 11:1.) We come to the things which the angel was commissioned to communicate to the prophet, and through him to the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. Daniel 11:1

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now He begins to reveal unto Daniel these things are going to transpire, as far as the future is concerned. And here Daniel gets into such interesting details that many of the Bible critics have a dif...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 11:6; Daniel 8:7; Ezekiel 17:17; Jeremiah 33:4; Jeremiah 5:10;...

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