Daniel 11:11

Daniel 11:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
• New International Version (NIV)“Then the king of the South will march out in a rage and fight against the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be defeated.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the king of the south, moved with rage, shall come out and fight against the king of the north. And he shall raise a great multitude, but it shall be given into his hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And the king of the South shall be moved with rage, and go out and fight with him, with the king of the North, who shall muster a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into the hand of his enemy.

Context of Daniel 11:11

9He will invade the southern kingdom and return to his own country. 10“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. The 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. 13“The northern king will return and raise an army larger than the first one. After a few years he will invade with a large army and a lot of equipment.

Daniel 11:11 word by word

וְיִתְמַרְמַר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֔גֶב וְיָצָ֕א וְנִלְחַ֥ם עִמּ֖וֹ עִם־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַצָּפ֑וֹן וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ הָמ֣וֹן רָ֔ב וְנִתַּ֥ן הֶהָמ֖וֹן בְּיָדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
• shall be moved with cholerמָרַרmârar · to provokeH4843
• and shall come forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• of the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• and he shall set forthעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: riseH5975
• a greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• shall be givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• into his handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027

Cross-references for Daniel 11:11

• Daniel 11:5“The southern king will be strong, but one of his officers will become stronger than he is and rule a vast empire.
• Daniel 11:44But news from the east and the north will frighten him. He will leave very angry to destroy and exterminate many.
• Daniel 8:7I saw it come closer to the ram. The goat was extremely angry with the ram, so it attacked the ram. It broke both of the ram’s horns. The ram didn’t have the strength to stand up against the goat. So the ram was thrown down on the ground and trampled. No one could rescue the ram from the goat’s power.
• Psalms 76:10Even angry mortals will praise you. You will wear the remainder of ⌞their⌟ anger.
• Daniel 11:10“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.
• Daniel 2:38He has given you control over people, wild animals, and birds, wherever they live. He has made you ruler of them all. You are the head of gold.
• 1 Kings 20:13Then a prophet came to King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: Have you seen this large army? I will hand it over to you today. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
• Psalms 33:16No king achieves a victory with a large army. No warrior rescues himself by his own great strength.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun. The race isn’t ⌞won⌟ by fast runners, or the battle by heroes. Wise people don’t necessarily have food. Intelligent people don’t necessarily have riches, and skilled people don’t necessarily receive special treatment. But time and unpredictable events overtake all of them.
• Jeremiah 27:6Now I have handed all these countries over to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made wild animals serve him.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The king of the south - Ptolemy Philopater, who succeeded his father Euergetes. Shall come forth and fight with him - He did come forth to Raphia, where he was met by Antiochus, when a terrible battle was fought between these two kings. And he (Antiochus, the king of the north) shall set forth a great multitude - Amounting to sixty-two thousand foot, six thousand horse, and one hundred and two elephants; but yet the multitude was given into his hand, the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And the king of the south shall be moved with choler - With anger. That is, that his provinces were invaded, and his strongholds taken - referring particularly to the invasion of Syria and Palestine as mentioned in the previous verse, and the attempt to wrest them out of the hands of the king of Egypt. Nothing would be more natural than that this should occur. And shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north - There were frequent…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. 1111. the king of the south ... moved with choler--at so great losses, Syria having been wrested from him, and his own kingdom imperilled, though otherwise an indolent man, to which his disasters were owing, as also to the odium of his subjects against him for having murdered his father, mother, and brother, whence in irony they called him Philopater, "father-lover." he shall set forth a great multitude--Antiochus, king of Syria, whose force was seventy…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Forecast
• Obtain
• Push
• Seal
• Alexandria
• Antiochus III
• Choler
• Daniel, Book of
• Ptolemy
• 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