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 also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from the king of the north. 9Then the king of the north will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land. His sons will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s fortress. 11“Then the king of the south will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand. 12When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. He will be responsible for the death of thousands and thousands of people, but he will not continue to prevail.

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 11:22Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.
• Daniel 9:26Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.
• Isaiah 8:7So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River – the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.
• Jeremiah 46:7“Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage?
• Jeremiah 51:42The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
• Daniel 11:7“There will arise in his place one from her family line who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully.
• Isaiah 25:12The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty 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

• Forecast
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• Push
• Seal
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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