Daniel 11:10

Daniel 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
• New International Version (NIV)His sons will prepare for war and assemble a great army, which will sweep on like an irresistible flood and carry the battle as far as his fortress.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall keep coming and overflow and pass through, and again shall carry the war as far as his fortress.
• New King James Version (NKJV)However his sons shall stir up strife, and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass through; then he shall return to his fortress and stir up strife.

Context of Daniel 11:10

8He will take the metal statues of their gods and their precious utensils of silver and gold back to Egypt. He will rule for more years than the northern king. 9He will invade the southern kingdom and return to his own country. “Then his sons will prepare for war. They will assemble a large number of forces so that they can overwhelm ⌞the enemy⌟ and pass through its land. They will return and wage war all the way to the stronghold. 11The southern king will be outraged. He will go to fight the northern king, who will raise a large army that will fall into the southern king’s hands. 12When that army is captured, the southern king will become conceited. Although he will dominate tens of thousands of people, he will not always be strong.

Daniel 11:10 word by word

וּבָנָ֣יו יִתְגָּר֗וּ וְאָסְפוּ֙ הֲמוֹן֙ חֲיָלִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים וּבָ֥א ב֖וֹא וְשָׁטַ֣ף וְעָבָ֑ר וְיָשֹׁ֥ב וְיִתְגָּרֶ֖ה עַד־מָעֻזּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• shall be stirred upגָּרָהgârâh · to stir upH1624
• and shall assembleאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• a multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• of greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• forcesחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• shall certainlyבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and overflowשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• and pass throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• then shall he returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• to his fortressמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581

Cross-references for Daniel 11:10

• Daniel 11:22He will overwhelm large forces and defeat them, including the prince of the promise.
• Daniel 9:26But after the sixty-two sets of seven time periods, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The city and the holy place will be destroyed with the prince who is to come. His end will come with a flood until the end of the destructive war that has been determined.
• Isaiah 8:7That is why the Lord is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River— the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
• Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile River, like streams that flow swiftly?
• Jeremiah 51:42What a horrifying sight Babylon will be to the nations! The sea will rise over Babylon, and its roaring waves will cover it.
• Daniel 11:7“At that time a shoot will grow from her roots to replace her father. He will attack the northern army, enter the stronghold of the northern king, fight against them, and be victorious.
• Isaiah 25:12He will bring down Moab’s high fortified walls, level them, and throw them into the dust on the ground.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10But his sons shall be stirred up - That is, the sons of Callinicus, who were Seleucus Ceraunus and Antiochus, afterwards called the Great. Shall assemble a multitude - Seleucus Ceraunus did assemble a multitude of forces in order to recover his father's dominions; but, not having money to pay them, they became mutinous, and he was poisoned by two of his own generals. His brother Antiochus was then proclaimed king; so that one only of the sons did…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10But his sons shall be stirred up - Margin, “or, war.” The Hebrew word (יתגרוּ yı̂theggârû - from גרה gârâh ) means, to be rough; then, in Piel, to excite, stir up; and then, in Hithpa, to excite one‘s self, to be stirred up to anger, to make war upon … . Here it means, according to Gesenius (Lexicon), that they would be excited or angry. The reference here, according to Lengerke, Maurer, Gill, and others, is to the son of the king of the north…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12The sons of Seleucus II were: Seleucus III Ceraunus, who ruled from 226 to 223 BC, and Antiochus III the Great, who ruled from 223 to 187 BC. a great army … sweeping through like a flood: Antiochus III aggressively tried to reclaim lost lands, including Palestine. as far as his fortress: Antiochus III advanced to Raphia, near Egypt's border, in 217 BC. In the battle that followed, the king of the south, Ptolemy IV Philopater, who ruled from 221 to 203 BC…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. his sons--the two sons of the king of the north, Seleucus Callinicus, upon his death by a fall from his horse, namely, Seleucus Ceraunus and Antiochus the Great. one shall ... come--Ceraunus having died, Antiochus alone prosecuted the war with Ptolemy Philopater, Euergetes' son, until he had recovered all the parts of Syria subjugated by Euergetes. pass through--like an "overflowing" torrent (Da 11:22, 26, 40; Is 8:8). Antiochus penetrated to Dura…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Antiochus III
• Daniel, Book of
• Ptolemy
• Seleucus
• Ptolemaeus, or Ptolemy

Commentaries on Daniel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings