Daniel 11:6
in Daniel 11After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
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ASV
And at the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in those times.
KJV
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
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This verse in Daniel 11
Commentary
12 notes on this verseAntiochus divorced Berenice, took his former wife Laodice again, who soon after poisoned him, procured Berenice and her son to be murdered, and set up her own son by Antiochus to be king, who was called Seleucus Callinicus. A war between the two kingdoms,
This site's exposition
The king of the South
on Daniel 11:5-20
Verses 5 to 20 trace the wars of the South and the North, identified by Barnes and Gill as the Ptolemies and Seleucids. At verse 16 the invader stands in “the Beautiful Land,” and it ends with a king destroyed “though not in anger or in battle”.
This site's exposition
the daughter of the king
Clarke and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown name her Berenice, given in marriage to Antiochus Theos, who put away his wife Laodice. Matthew Henry relates that Antiochus took Laodice back, and she had him, Berenice and her son slain. Her son Seleucus then took his father’s place.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
Again he says, "And the daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to make with him agreements and the arms of him who brings her shall not stand and he shall be crushed and both she and he who brings her shall fall." [Daniel 11:6] And this also happened. For a certain Ptolemy, who reigned at this point in Egypt, went out with her two sons Ptolemy and Philometer, making agreements with Antiochus the king of Syria. And then she, having come to Scythopolis, was killed there, for he who led her betrayed her. Then at this point the two brothers engaged in war with one another and Philometer was killed, but Ptolemy ruled.
After Ptolemy Philpator died, his son Ptolemy (surnamed Epiphanes) reigned. That is what he means, "After his years, they will make an alliance." And he explains how they will make an alliance. By the king of the north he means Antiochus—not Antiochus Epiphanes but Antiochus …
But the marriage will not suffice to bring about an alliance. She will be returned to the one who had given her through those who brought her, along with the things that had been presented by her (for he says, "the one supporting her during …
Verse 6. "And at the end of the years they shall be leagued together (or, as Theodotion renders: And after his years they shall be united). And the daughter of the king of the South shall come to the king of the North in order to make friendship, but she shall not obtain strength of arm nor shall her seed endure. And she herself shall be handed over, as well as her young men (Vulgate: youths) who brought her and who were strengthening her in (these) times."
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They - The successors of those first kings of Egypt and Syria. Make an agreement - Bernice shall come from Egypt and marry with Antiochus Theus, who was the son of Antiochus Soter, and nephew to Seleucus Nicanor; for her father brought her to Pelusium with an infinite sum of gold and silver for her dowry.
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Joe 2:20), that is, Syria, gave Berenice to Antiochus, who thereupon divorced his former wife, Laodice, and disinherited her son, Seleucus Callinicus. The designation, "king of the north" and "of the south," is given in relation to Judea, as the standpoint.
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In the end of years - Several historical circumstances are here passed by. The king’s daughter of the south - Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, was married to Antiochus Theos, king of Syria. These two sovereigns had a bloody war for some years; and they agreed to terminate it by the above marriage, on condition that Antiochus would put away his wife Laodice and her children, which he did; and Berenice having brought an immense fortune to her husband, all things appeared to go on well for a tine.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And in the end of years - In the future periods of the history of these two kingdoms. The event here referred to did not occur during the lives of these two kings, Seleucus Nicator and Ptolemy Soter, but in the reign of their successors, Ptolemy Philadelphus and Antiochus Theos or Theus. The phrase “the end of years” would well denote such a future period. The Vulgate renders it, “after the end of years;” that is, after many years have elapsed. The meaning is “after a certain course or lapse of years.” The word “end” in Daniel (קץ qêts) often seems to refer to a time when a predicted event would be fulfilled, whether near or remote; whether it would be really the “end” or “termination” of an empire or of the world, or whether it would be succeeded by other events. It would be the end of that matter - of the thing predicted; and in this sense the word seems to be employed here. Compare Dan 8:17; Dan 11:13 (margin), and Dan 12:13. “They shall join themselves together.” Margin, “associate.” The meaning is, that there would be an alliance formed, or an attempt made, to unite the two kingdoms more closely by a marriage between different persons of the royal families. The word “they” refers to the two sovereigns of Egypt and Syria - the south and the north. For the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement - Margin, “rights.” The Hebrew word properly means rectitudes or rights (in the plural מישׁרים mēyshârı̂ym); but here it seems to be used in the sense of “peace,” or an alliance. The act of making peace was regarded as an act of “justice,” or doing “right,” and hence, the word came to be used in the sense of making an alliance or compact. […]
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְקֵ֤ץ | uleketz | and to [the] end of | H7093 → | 67 times |
| שָׁנִים֙ | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| יִתְחַבָּ֔רוּ | yitchabaru | they will make an alliance | H2266 → | |
| וּבַ֣ת | uvat | and [the] daughter of | H1323 → | |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַנֶּ֗גֶב | hanegev | the south | H5045 → | 112 times |
| תָּבוֹא֙ | tavo' | she will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַצָּפ֔וֹן | hatzafon | the north | H6828 → | 153 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מֵישָׁרִ֑ים | meisharim | uprightness<es> | H4339 → | |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעְצֹ֞ר | ta'tzor | she will retain | H6113 → | 47 times |
| כּ֣וֹחַ | koach | [the] power of | H3581 → | 126 times |
| הַזְּר֗וֹעַ | hazeroa' | the arm | H2220 → | 91 times |
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַעֲמֹד֙ | yaamod | he will stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| וּזְרֹע֔וֹ | uzeroo | <and> arm his | H2220 → | 91 times |
| וְתִנָּתֵ֨ן | vetinaten | so she may be given up | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| הִ֤יא | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וּמְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ | umevieiha | and [those who] brought her | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְהַיֹּ֣לְדָ֔הּ | vehaiyoledah | and the [one who] fathered her | H3205 → | |
| וּמַחֲזִקָ֖הּ | umachazikah | and [the one who] strengthened her | H2388 → | 291 times |
| בָּעִתִּֽים׃ | baitim | in the times | H6256 → | 296 times |
וּלְקֵ֤ץand to [the] end of
uleketzH7093 →67 times
שָׁנִים֙years
shanimH8141 →877 times
יִתְחַבָּ֔רוּthey will make an alliance
yitchabaruH2266 →
וּבַ֣תand [the] daughter of
uvatH1323 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
הַנֶּ֗גֶבthe south
hanegevH5045 →112 times
תָּבוֹא֙she will come
tavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
הַצָּפ֔וֹןthe north
hatzafonH6828 →153 times
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
מֵישָׁרִ֑יםuprightness<es>
meisharimH4339 →
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תַעְצֹ֞רshe will retain
ta'tzorH6113 →47 times
כּ֣וֹחַ[the] power of
koachH3581 →126 times
הַזְּר֗וֹעַthe arm
hazeroa'H2220 →91 times
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יַעֲמֹד֙he will stand
yaamodH5975 →521 times
וּזְרֹע֔וֹ<and> arm his
uzerooH2220 →91 times
וְתִנָּתֵ֨ןso she may be given up
vetinatenH5414 →2011 times
הִ֤יאshe
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וּמְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙and [those who] brought her
umevieihaH935 →2568 times
וְהַיֹּ֣לְדָ֔הּand the [one who] fathered her
vehaiyoledahH3205 →
וּמַחֲזִקָ֖הּand [the one who] strengthened her
umachazikahH2388 →291 times
בָּעִתִּֽים׃in the times
baitimH6256 →296 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
Job 38:15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
it leads to
- Psalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- Job 18:5
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Exodus 10:21–23
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- Psalms 10:15
Through
Daniel 11:40At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading…
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:28
Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
- Revelation 16:12
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
- Daniel 11:10
But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
- Isaiah 5:28
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About Daniel
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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 4.45.1-2; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER ELEVEN; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 11:6.