Daniel 11:19
in Daniel 11After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
KJV
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
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This verse in Daniel 11
Commentary
6 notes on this verse"And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land; and he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found." And so he took refuge in Apamia and Susa and advanced to the easternmost cities of his realm. And during a war against the Elymaeans he was destroyed together with his entire army.
This site's exposition
the king of the south shall be strong
on Daniel 11:5-20
Sixteen verses of south against north, Ptolemies against Seleucids by the whole bench's reading, traced campaign by campaign: the king's daughter given north in a failed alliance, the branch of her roots avenging her, gods and vessels carried captive into Egypt, multitudes raised and cast down, the mount cast up against the fenced cities. At verse 16 the wars enter the glorious land, Judea as the road between the rivals, which is the corridor's whole point of view: the text watches empires through the land they trample. The raiser of taxes destroyed neither in anger, nor in battle closes the stretch, and the notes keep RESTRAINT here, the identifications carried once as the bench carries them rather than verse by verse.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then he shall turn his face towards the fort of his own land,....
The kingdom of Syria, which was set up by Seleucus Nicanor, or the conqueror; he was one of Alexander's princes, and became stronger than the other, and had the greatest dominion of all, was the most powerful of all Alexander's successors. It was said that he had no fewer than seven-two kingdoms under him.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Be shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land - After this shameful defeat, Antiochus fled to Sardis, thence to Apamea, and the next day got into Syria, and to Antioch, his own fort, whence he sent ambassadors to treat for peace; and was obliged to engage to pay the immense sum of money mentioned above. But he shall stumble and fall - Being under the greatest difficulties how to raise the stipulated sums, he marched into his eastern provinces to exact the arrears of taxes; and, attempting to plunder the temple of Jupiter Belus at Elymais, he was opposed by the populace, and he and his attendants slain. This is the account that Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, and Justin give of his death. But it is variously related by others; some saying that he was assassinated by some of his own people whom he had punished for being drunk at a feast. - So Aurelius Victor. St. Jerome says he lost his life in a battle against the inhabitants of Elymais. In short, the manner of his death is uncertain; and perhaps even this circumstance is referred to by the prophet, when he says, “He shall stumble and fall, and Not Be Found.”
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land - The strong fortifications of his own land - for the Hebrew word is in the plural. This he would do, of course, for protection. He would cease his attempts at conquest, and endeavor to find security in his own fortresses. As a matter of fact, after this defeat, Antiochus, in order to replenish his exhausted coffers, and to find the means of meeting the claims of the Romans, went into certain provinces of his empire.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָשֵׁ֣ב | veyashev | and he will turn | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| פָּנָ֔יו | panav | face his | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| לְמָעוּזֵּ֖י | lemauzei | to [the] strongholds of | H4581 → | 36 times |
| אַרְצ֑וֹ | ʾartzo | own land his | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְנִכְשַׁ֥ל | venikhshal | and he will stumble | H3782 → | 62 times |
| וְנָפַ֖ל | venafal | and he will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִמָּצֵֽא׃ | yimatze' | he will be found | H4672 → | 455 times |
וְיָשֵׁ֣בand he will turn
veyashevH7725 →1056 times
פָּנָ֔יוface his
panavH6440 →2123 times
לְמָעוּזֵּ֖יto [the] strongholds of
lemauzeiH4581 →36 times
אַרְצ֑וֹown land his
ʾartzoH776 →2504 times
וְנִכְשַׁ֥לand he will stumble
venikhshalH3782 →62 times
וְנָפַ֖לand he will fall
venafalH5307 →435 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יִמָּצֵֽא׃he will be found
yimatze'H4672 →455 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
it leads to
- Isaiah 8:15
Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 118:12
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Psalms 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 9:3
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
- Isaiah 8:15
Through
Psalms 37:36yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:10
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- Psalms 37:10
Through
Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
it leads to
- Psalms 90:5
You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalms 73:20
Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
- Psalms 90:5
Through
Ezekiel 26:21I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:36
Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
- Ezekiel 27:36
Where this verse is studied
About Daniel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Daniel; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER ELEVEN; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.