Daniel 11:15-17
New English Translation
15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city.[a] The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents.[b] 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.[c] 17 His intention[d] will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances.[e] He will give the king of the south[f] a daughter[g] in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.
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- 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.”
- Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “and he will set his face” (cf. vv. 18, 19).
- Daniel 11:17 tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).
- Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Daniel 11:17 tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”sn The daughter refers to Cleopatra, the daughter of Antiochus, who was given in marriage to Ptolemy V.
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