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Behold, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>fourth will become far richer than all of them. When he becomes strong through his riches he will stir up the whole <i>empire</i> against the realm of Greece. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>mighty [warlike, threatening] king will arise who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But as soon as he (Alexander) has risen, his kingdom will be broken [by his death] and divided toward the four winds of heaven [the north, south, east, and west], but not to his descendants, nor according to the [Grecian] authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom will be torn out <i>and</i> uprooted and given to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>others (his four generals) to the exclusion of these. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Then the king of the South (Egypt) will be strong, along with one of his princes who will be stronger than he and have dominance over him; his domain will be a great dominion. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>After some years <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>the Syrian king of the North and the Egyptian king of the South will make an alliance; the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>daughter (Berenice) of the king of the South will come to the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>king of the North to make an equitable <i>and</i> peaceful agreement (marriage); <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>but she will not retain the power of her position, nor will he retain his power. She will be handed over with her attendants and her father as well as he who supported her in those times. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But out of a branch of her [familial] roots will one (her brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes I) arise in his place, and he will come against the [Syrian] army and enter the fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and will prevail. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Also he will carry off to Egypt their [Syrian] gods with their cast images and their precious <i>and</i> costly treasure of silver and of gold, and he will refrain from waging war against the king of the North for some years. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>king of the North will come into the realm of the king of the South, but he will retreat to his own country [badly defeated]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“His sons will prepare for battle and assemble a multitude of great forces; which will keep on coming and overflow [the land], and pass through, so that they may again wage war as far as his fortress. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The king of the South (Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt) will be enraged and go out and fight with the king of the North (Antiochus III the Great); and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>the Syrian king will raise a great multitude (army), but the multitude shall be given into the hand of the <i>Egyptian king</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When the multitude (army) is captured <i>and</i> carried away, the heart of the <i>Egyptian king</i> will be proud (arrogant), and he will cause tens of thousands to fall, but he will not prevail. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the king of the North will again raise a multitude (army) greater than the one before, and after several years he will advance with a great army and substantial equipment. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“In those times many will rise up against the king of the South (Egypt); also the violent men among your own people will arise in order to fulfill the [earlier] visions, but they will fail. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the king of the North (Syria) will come and build up siege ramps and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand <i>their ground,</i> not even the finest troops, for there will be no strength to stand [against the Syrian king]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But he (Syria) who comes against him (Egypt) will do exactly as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand against him; he (Antiochus III the Great) will also stay for a time in the Beautiful <i>and</i> Glorious Land [of Israel], with destruction in his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He will be determined to come with the power of his entire kingdom, and propose equitable conditions <i>and</i> terms of peace, which he will put into effect [by making an agreement with the king of the South]. He will also give him his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>daughter (Cleopatra I), <i>in an attempt</i> to overthrow the kingdom, but it will not succeed or be to his advantage. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>After this, he (Antiochus III the Great, King of Syria) will turn his attention to the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>islands <i>and</i> coastlands and capture many [of them]. But a commander (Lucius Scipio Asiaticus of Rome) will put an end to his aggression [toward Rome’s territorial interests]; in fact, he will repay his insolence <i>and</i> turn his audacity back upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land [of Syria], but he will stumble and fall and not be found. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Then in his place one (his eldest son, Seleucus IV Philopator) will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And in his place [in Syria] will arise a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>despicable <i>and</i> despised person, to whom royal majesty <i>and</i> the honor of kingship have not been conferred, but he will come [without warning] in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The overwhelming forces [of the invading armies of Egypt] will be flooded away before him <i>and</i> smashed; and also the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>prince of the covenant [will be smashed]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>After an <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[p]</a></span>alliance is made with him he will work deceitfully, and he will go up and gain power with a small <i>force of</i> people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In a time of tranquility, [without warning] he will enter the most productive <i>and</i> richest parts of the kingdom [of Egypt], and he will accomplish that which his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil and goods among them. He will devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time [decreed by God]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He will stir up his strength and courage against [his former Egyptian ally] the king of the South (Ptolemy VI) with a great army; so the king of the South will prepare an extremely great and powerful army to wage war, but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Yes, those who eat his fine food will betray <i>and</i> destroy him (Ptolemy VI), and his army will be swept away, and many will fall down slain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And as for both of these <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[q]</a></span>kings, their hearts will be set on doing evil; they will speak lies over the same table, but it will not succeed, for the end is yet to come at the appointed time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then he (Antiochus IV Epiphanes) will return to his land with great treasure (plunder); and his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and return to his own land (Syria). <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“At the time appointed [by God] he will return and come into the South, but this last time will not be successful as were the previous invasions [of Egypt]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For ships of Cyprus [in Roman hands] will come against him; therefore he will be discouraged and turn back [to Israel] and carry out his rage against the holy covenant and take action; so he will return and show favoritism toward those [Jews] who abandon (break) the holy covenant [with God]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Armed forces of his will arise [in Jerusalem] and defile <i>and</i> desecrate the sanctuary, the [spiritual] stronghold, and will do away with the regular sacrifice [that is, the daily burnt offering]; and they will set up [a pagan altar in the sanctuary which is] the abomination of desolation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>With smooth <i>words</i> [of flattery and praise] he will turn to godlessness those who [are willing to] disregard the [Mosaic] covenant, but the people who [are spiritually mature and] know their God will display strength and take action [to resist]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They who are wise <i>and</i> have spiritual insight among the people will instruct many <i>and</i> help them understand; yet for many days some [of them and their followers] will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Now when they fall they will receive a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Some of those who are [spiritually] wise <i>and</i> have insight will fall [as martyrs] in order to refine, to purge and to make those among God’s people pure, until the end time; because it is yet to come at the time appointed [by God]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“Then the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[r]</a></span>king (the Antichrist) will do exactly as he pleases; he will exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and will speak astounding <i>and</i> disgusting things against the God of gods and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is determined [by God] will be done. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>He will have no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he have regard for any <i>other</i> god, for he shall magnify himself above them all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Instead, he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold and silver, with precious stones and with expensive things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>He will act against the strongest fortresses with <i>the help of</i> a foreign god; he will give great honor to those who acknowledge him and he will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>“At the end time the king of the South will push <i>and</i> attack him (the Antichrist), and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots and horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overwhelm them and pass through. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>He shall also enter the Beautiful <i>and</i> Glorious Land (Israel), and many countries will fall, but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the foremost [core] of the people of Ammon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, but Egypt will not be among the ones which escape. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>He will have power over the treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians <i>will follow</i> in his footsteps. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>But rumors from the east and from the north will alarm <i>and</i> disturb him, and he will set out with great fury to destroy and to annihilate many. <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>He will pitch his palatial tents between the seas and the glorious Holy Mountain (Zion); yet he will come to his end with no one to help him [in his final battle with God].<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Cambyses the son of Cyrus, Psuedo-Smerdis, and Darius I Hystaspes.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Xerxes I who is also known as Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> There are many reasons for identifying this king as Alexander the Great, as well as identifying the other rulers according to their relationship to the events of those times. There is nothing in the context which makes it necessary to limit the passage to Alexander. Some ruler may arise in the end times to whom the prophecy will also apply.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> See note 8:22.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>they will</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Berenice was the daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> King Antiochus II Theos of Syria.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> King Antiochus II, Berenice and their baby were later murdered by the divorced wife of Antiochus II.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Seleucus II Callinicus, successor to Antiochus II Theos.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>the latter</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Cleopatra I, daughter of Antiochus III the Great, king of Syria, was married to Ptolemy V Epiphanes of Egypt. She supported her husband instead of her father during his attempt to conquer Egypt.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Greek and Mediterranean territories under Rome’s influence.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Seleucus IV was poisoned soon after coming to power.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> This contemptible conqueror is identified as Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the younger son of Antiochus III the Great, king of Syria, and is a type of the final Antichrist referred to in Dan 11:36; 2 Thess 2:3-12; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7; and Rev 13:5-8. Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to destroy the worship of the true God by robbing the temple of its gold and silver treasures related to worship and setting up a statue of Jupiter in the Holy of Holies. He also breached the walls of Jerusalem, ordered a daily sacrifice of pig, forbade circumcision and destroyed all the sacred scrolls he could find (see note 8:10).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Onias III, the high priest at Jerusalem, was murdered by his brother Menelaus, who supported Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Antiochus IV later named Menelaus as high priest.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[p]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Antiochus IV allied himself with Ptolemy VI Philometer, in opposition to Ptolemy VII Euergetes II, as a deceptive way to plunder and conquer much of Egypt.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[q]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Ptolemy VI who was designated to rule at Memphis, and Ptolemy VII who was designated to rule at Alexandria, lied to Antiochus IV Epiphanes, and established a joint rule.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[r]</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> The Antichrist is the subject from this point in the prophecy to the end of the chapter.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../daniel/10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Daniel 10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Daniel 10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../daniel/12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Daniel 12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Daniel 12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>