Daniel 11:8
in Daniel 11He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
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ASV
And also their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Daniel 11
Commentary
8 notes on this verse"And he shall also carry away captive into Egypt their gods and their sculptures and their precious vessels of gold and silver; he shall prevail against the king of the North." And then, when he heard that a rebellion was afoot in Egypt, he ravaged the kingdom of Seleucus and carried off as booty forty thousand talents of silver, and also precious vessels and images of the gods to the amount of two and a half thousand. Among them were the same images which Cambyses had brought to Persia at the time when he conquered Egypt.
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, Ptolemy took all the military equipment and brought it into Egypt. And the Scripture was fulfilled just as Daniel says, "And indeed he shall carry into Egypt their gods and their things formed from cast metal and every desirable golden vessel." [Daniel 11:8]
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And shall also carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their princes,....
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 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 Century1 voice
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.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 precious vessels of gold, and images to the number of two thousand four hundred, among which were many of the Egyptian idols, which Cambyses, on his conquering Egypt, had carried into Persia. These Ptolemy restored to the temple to which they belonged, and by this much endeared himself to his people. It was on account of the service which he thus rendered to his country that he was called Euergetes, that is, the Benefactor. - Prideaux, iii. 121. In 1631, an inscription on an ancient marble in honor of this action of Euergetes was published by Allatius: “Sacris quoe ab Egypto Persoe abstulerant receptis, ac cum reliqua congesta gaza in Egyptum relatis.” - Wintle. And he shall continue more years than the king of the north - Ptolemy Euergetes survived Seleucus about four years. - Prideaux, iii. 122. He reigned twenty-five years.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַ֣ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | |
| אֱֽלֹהֵיהֶ֡ם | ʾeloheihem | gods their | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| נְסִֽכֵיהֶם֩ | nesikheihem | molten images their | H5257 → | |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| כְּלֵ֨י | kelei | [the] vessels of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| חֶמְדָּתָ֜ם | chemdatam | desire their | H2532 → | 21 times |
| כֶּ֧סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְזָהָ֛ב | vezahav | and gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| בַּשְּׁבִ֖י | bashevi | in <the> captivity | H7628 → | |
| יָבִ֣א | yavi' | he will take | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְהוּא֙ | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| שָׁנִ֣ים | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| יַעֲמֹ֔ד | yaamod | he will stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| מִמֶּ֖לֶךְ | mimelekh | away from [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַצָּפֽוֹן׃ | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
וְגַ֣םand also
vegamH1571 →
אֱֽלֹהֵיהֶ֡םgods their
ʾeloheihemH430 →2601 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
נְסִֽכֵיהֶם֩molten images their
nesikheihemH5257 →
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
כְּלֵ֨י[the] vessels of
keleiH3627 →325 times
חֶמְדָּתָ֜םdesire their
chemdatamH2532 →21 times
כֶּ֧סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
וְזָהָ֛בand gold
vezahavH2091 →389 times
בַּשְּׁבִ֖יin <the> captivity
basheviH7628 →
יָבִ֣אhe will take
yavi'H935 →2568 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְהוּא֙and he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
שָׁנִ֣יםyears
shanimH8141 →877 times
יַעֲמֹ֔דhe will stand
yaamodH5975 →521 times
מִמֶּ֖לֶךְaway from [the] king of
mimelekhH4428 →2525 times
הַצָּפֽוֹן׃the north
hatzafonH6828 →153 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
Daniel 10:3I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
it leads to
- Matthew 6:17
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- 1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
- Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the…
- Matthew 6:17
Through
Deuteronomy 12:3Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
it leads to
- Judges 2:2
and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
- Zechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and…
- Numbers 33:52
you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- Psalms 16:4
Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
- Exodus 23:13
Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
- Judges 2:2
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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 4.45.6; 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.