Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Daniel 11:8
Verse Daniel 11:8. He shall continue more years] Seleucus Callinicus died (an exile) by a fall from his horse; and Ptolemy Euergetes survived him four or five years.-Bp. Newton.
Verse Daniel 11:8. He shall continue more years] Seleucus Callinicus died (an exile) by a fall from his horse; and Ptolemy Euergetes survived him four or five years.-Bp. Newton.
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 pr...
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...
THEIR PRECIOUS VESSELS. vessels of desire, said to have been valued at 40,000 talents of silver; and 2,400 images, including Egyptian idols, which Cambyses had taken from Egypt. Hence he was named by...
Ptolemy III. (Euergetes I.), 247 222, and Seleucus II. (Callinicus), 246 226. Ptolemy Euergetes I., Berenice's brother, an enterprising and energetic king, in revenge for his sister's murder, invaded...
( 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...
AND ALSO _their gods, with their_ MOLTEN IMAGES, and _with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he_ BRING INTO CAPTIVITY _into Egypt_ The custom of carrying off the gods of a conquered...
BUT OUT OF A BRANCH, &C.— Rather, as in the Vulgate, _Out of the branch of her root, shall stand up a plant; and he shall come,_ &c. This branch which sprung _out of the same root_ with Berenice was P...
(2) PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDS, I TEXT: Daniel 11:5-9 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...
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. AND SHAL...
11:8 princes, (d-12) Lit. 'anointed ones.' see Psalms 83:11 . Others, 'molten images,' as Isaiah 41:29 ....
CONTINUE _more_ YEARS THAN] RV 'refrain some years from.' 9. Seleucus II (Callinicus) invaded Egypt in 242 b.c., but had to retreat. SO THE KING OF THE SOUTH, ETC.] RV 'And he' (Seleucus II) 'shall...
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
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...
HE SHALL CONTINUE. — Apparently the meaning is (comp. the use of the preposition in Daniel 11:31) “He shall stand on the side of [_i.e.,_ as an ally of] the northern king several years.” Others transl...
וְ גַ֣ם אֱֽלֹהֵיהֶ֡ם עִם ־נְסִֽכֵיהֶם֩ עִם ־כ
FIRST SECTION Daniel 11:2 Events from the rise of Alexander the Great (B.C. 336) to the death of Seleucus Nicator (B.C. 280). There are to be three kings of Persia after Cyrus (who is then reigning)...
THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPIRES Daniel 11:1-14 This chapter foretells the histories of Xerxes, of Alexander the Great, the division of his kingdom on his death, and the long conflicts between the kings...
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...
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 (u) [more] years than the king of the north. (u...
_Gods. He took back what Cambyses had conveyed out of Egypt; and it was on this account that the people styled him "benefactor." (St. Jerome) (Calmet) --- North. Seleucus Callinicus. (Challoner) --- I...
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...
The angel explains more fully what he had already stated briefly, namely, Ptolemy should be the conqueror, and spoil the whole of Syria almost according to his pleasure. Profane writers also shew us t...
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...
AND SHALL ALSO CARRY CAPTIVE INTO EGYPT THEIR GODS, WITH THEIR PRINCES,.... Jerom relates, from the historians he conversed with, that Ptolemy carried captive with him into Egypt two thousand five hun...
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. Ver. 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, an...
and shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods with their princes, their molten or cast images, AND WITH THEIR PRECIOUS VESSELS OF SILVER AND OF GOLD, all this being welcome booty; AND HE SHALL C...
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...
THEIR PRECIOUS VESSELS: _ Heb._ vessels of their desire...
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...
WITH THEIR PRECIOUS VESSELS OF SILVER AND OF GOLD; which with other vessels amounted to two thousand five hundred, among which were the images which Cambyses long before had carried out of Egypt into...
Daniel 11:8 carry H935 (H8686) gods H430 captive H7628 Egypt H4714 princes H5257 precious H2532 articles H3627 silver...
‘And he will also carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their molten images, and with their desirable vessels of silver and gold.' This was the measure of the victory. It was overwhelming enough...
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...
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...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 11:7 Egypt’s Ptolemy II was succeeded by Berenice’s brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes I (reigned 246–221 B.C.), A BRANCH FROM HER ROOTS. In retaliation for the death of his sister,...
_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...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. Daniel 11:1
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...
Daniel 1:2; Daniel 1:3; Daniel 10:3; Deuteronomy 12:3; Exodus 12:12;...
He shall continue more years — He continued forty — six years....