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Daniel 11:14-16
New English Translation
Daniel 11:14-16
New English Translation
14 “In those times many will oppose[a] the king of the south.[b] Those who are violent[c] among your own people will rise up in confirmation of[d] the vision, but they will falter. 15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city.[e] The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents.[f] They will have no strength to prevail. 16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.[g]
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- Daniel 11:14 tn Heb “stand against.”
- Daniel 11:14 sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181 b.c.).
- Daniel 11:14 tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s)” is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.
- Daniel 11:14 tn Heb “to cause to stand.”
- Daniel 11:15 sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
- Daniel 11:15 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).
- Daniel 11:16 tn Heb “hand.”
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