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

8Also their gods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. 9Then the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land. “His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through, that he may again wage war up to his very fortress. 11The king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of the former. 12When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail.

Daniel 11:10 word by word

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

• His sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• mobilizeגָּרָהgârâh · to stir upH1624
• and assembleאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• a multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• of greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• forcesחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• and one of them will keepבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• overflowשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• and passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• fortressמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581

Cross-references for Daniel 11:10

• Daniel 11:22The overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
• Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates, Even the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks.
• Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that rises like the Nile, Like the rivers whose waters surge about?
• Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.
• Daniel 11:7But one of the descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength.
• Isaiah 25:12The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down, Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

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

• Forecast
• Obtain
• Push
• Seal
• Alexandria
• 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