Daniel 11:1-17
first <0259> [in the.]
strengthen <02388> [to confirm.]
tell <05046> [will I.]
Three <07969> [three.]
These were, Cambyses, son of Cyrus; Smerdis the Magian imposter; and Darius Hystaspes.
rich ................ riches <06239> [far.]
stir <05782> [stir.]
Herodotus says the army of Xerxes consisted of 5,283,220 men, besides the Carthaginians, consisting of 300,000 men, and 200 ships.
powerful <01368> [a mighty.]
Alexander the Great, whose kingdom after his death, as we have seen, was divided into four parts.
doing <06213> [do.]
rise to power <05975> [he shall stand.]
distributed <02673> [and shall be.]
uprooted <05428> [be plucked.]
king <04428> [the king.]
Ptolemy Lagus, king of Egypt, Cyrene, etc.
subordinates <08269> [and one.]
strong <02388> [he shall.]
Seleucus Nicator, who had Syria, etc., to which he added Macedonia and Thrace.
After <07093> [the end.]
alliance <02266> [join themselves. Heb. associate themselves. for the king's.]
After many wars between Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt, and Antiochus Theos, king of Syria, they agreed to make peace, on condition that the latter should put away his wife Laodice, and her sons, and marry Berenice, Ptolemy's daughter.
king ......... king <04428> [king.]
agreement <04339> [an agreement. Heb. rights. retain.]
<05414> [she shall be.]
Antiochus recalled Laodice, who, fearing another change, caused him to be poisoned, and Berenice and her son to be murdered, and set her son Callinicus on the throne.
child <03205 02388> [he that begat her. or, whom she brought forth. he that strengthened.]
Her father Ptolemy, who died a few years before.
one <05342> [out of.]
arise <05975> [one stand.]
Ptolemy Euergetes, who, to avenge his sister's death, marched with a great army against Callinicus, took all Asia from mount Taurus to India, and returned to Egypt with an immense booty.
place <03653> [in his estate. or, in his place, or office.]
successfully <02388> [and shall prevail.]
gods <0430> [their gods.]
prized utensils <03627 02532> [their precious vessels. Heb. vessels of their desire.]
withdraw <05975> [he shall continue.]
Callinicus died an exile, and Euergetes survived him four or five years.
sons <01121> [his sons.]
Seleucus Ceraunus and Antiochus the Great, sons of Callinicus. But the former being poisoned, the latter was proclaimed king, retook Seleucia and Syria, and then, after a truce, returned and overcame the Egyptian forces.
wage <01624> [be stirred up. or, war. overflow.]
wage .................. all the way <07725 01624> [then shall he return, and be stirred up. or, then shall he be stirred up again. to his.]
king .... south ............. king <05045 04428> [the king of the south.]
enraged <04843> [moved.]
army .... army <01995> [the multitude.]
arrogant <03824> [his heart.]
king <04428> [the king.]
end .... years <07093 06256 08141> [after certain years. Heb. at the end of times, even years.]
people <05971 01121> [robbers of thy people. Heb. children of robbers. exalt.]
build <08210> [cast up.]
well-fortified city <05892 04013> [most fenced cities. Heb. city of munitions.]
After fourteen years, Ptolemy Philopater having been succeeded by Ptolemy Epiphanes, then a minor, Antiochus raised a greater army than before, and having defeated his best troops under Scopas, recovered possession of Caelo-Syria and Palestine, with all their fortified cities.
prevail ............. prevail <05975> [shall not.]
finest contingents <05971 04005> [his chosen people. Heb. the people of his choices.]
do <06213> [shall do.]
beautiful land <0776 06643> [glorious land. or, goodly land.]
[Heb. land of ornament.]
intention <07760> [He shall also.]
Being assisted by the Jews, he purposed to subdue Egypt; but, entering into treaty with Ptolemy, he gave him his daughter Cleopatra in marriage, thinking to engage her to betray the interests of her husband; but in which he was deceived
intention <07760> [set.]
alliances <03477> [upright ones. or, much uprightness, or, equal conditions. corrupting. Heb. to corrupt. neither.]
