Daniel 11:7
in Daniel 11But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.
KJV
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:
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This verse in Daniel 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verse"And a plant of the bud of her roots shall arise, and he shall come with an army and shall invade the province of the king of the North." After the murder of Berenice and the death of her father, Ptolemy Philadelphus, in Egypt, her brother, who was also named Ptolemy and surnamed Euergetes, succeeded to the throne as the third of his dynasty, being in fact an offshoot of the same plant and a bud of the same root as she was, inasmuch as he was her brother.
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 Church Fathers1 voice
Accordingly, a meeting between Ptolemy and Antiochus happened again. For Scripture says thusly, "And the king of the south rose up against the king of the north and he rose up seed from her." [Daniel 11:6-7] But what kind of seed except Ptolemy, who joined war with Antiochus? At this Antiochus marched out and did not overpower him, being set to flight, he turned again to Antioch gathering a greater crowd.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
) and died miserably, left two sons, Seleucus and Antiochus; these are his sons, the sons of the king of the north, that shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, to recover what their father had lost,
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But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate,....
This Ptolemy reigned forty-six years; and Justin says that if his own affairs had not called him home he would, in this war, have made himself master of the whole kingdom of Syria.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
But out of a branch of her roots - Compare the notes at Isa 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.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
But out of a branch of her roots - A branch from the same root from which she sprang. This was Ptolemy Euergetes, her brother, who, to avenge his sister’s death, marched with a great army against Seleucus Callinicus, took some of his best places, indeed all Asia, from Mount Taurus to India, and returned to Egypt with an immense booty, forty thousand talents of silver, precious vessels, and images of their gods two thousand five hundred, without Callinicus daring to offer him battle. I can but touch on these historic facts, for fear of extending these notes to an immoderate length.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָמַ֛ד | veamad | and he will arise | H5975 → | 521 times |
| מִנֵּ֥צֶר | minetzer | one of [the] shoot[s] of | H5342 → | |
| שָׁרָשֶׁ֖יהָ | sharasheiha | roots her | H8328 → | |
| כַּנּ֑וֹ | kano | place his | H3653 → | 17 times |
| וְיָבֹ֣א | veyavo' | so he may come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַחַ֗יִל | hachayil | the army | H2428 → | 246 times |
| וְיָבֹא֙ | veyavo' | so he may go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בְּמָעוֹז֙ | bemaoz | in [the] stronghold of | H4581 → | 36 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַצָּפ֔וֹן | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| וְעָשָׂ֥ה | veasah | and he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בָהֶ֖ם | vahem | with them | ||
| וְהֶחֱזִֽיק׃ | vehechezik | and he will prevail | H2388 → | 291 times |
וְעָמַ֛דand he will arise
veamadH5975 →521 times
מִנֵּ֥צֶרone of [the] shoot[s] of
minetzerH5342 →
שָׁרָשֶׁ֖יהָroots her
sharasheihaH8328 →
כַּנּ֑וֹplace his
kanoH3653 →17 times
וְיָבֹ֣אso he may come
veyavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַחַ֗יִלthe army
hachayilH2428 →246 times
וְיָבֹא֙so he may go
veyavo'H935 →2568 times
בְּמָעוֹז֙in [the] stronghold of
bemaozH4581 →36 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
הַצָּפ֔וֹןthe north
hatzafonH6828 →153 times
וְעָשָׂ֥הand he will do
veasahH6213 →2628 times
בָהֶ֖םwith them
vahem
וְהֶחֱזִֽיק׃and he will prevail
vehechezikH2388 →291 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
Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Revelation 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- Zechariah 6:12
And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build…
- Revelation 5:5
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Acts 13:22–23
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in…
- Jeremiah 23:5
Through
Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…
it leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Peter 3:7
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
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); Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel 4.45.3-5; 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.