Daniel 11:22

11:22 Armies ¹  will be suddenly ²  swept away in defeat ³  before him; both they and a covenant leader ⁴  will be destroyed. ⁵ 

Daniel 11:15

11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. ⁶  The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. ⁷  They will have no strength to prevail.

[11:22]  ¹ tn Heb “arms.”

[11:22]  ² tc The present translation reads הִשָּׁטֹף (hishatof), Niphal infinitive absolute of שָׁטַף (shataf, “to overflow”), for the MT הַשֶּׁטֶף (hashetef, “flood”).

[11:22]  ³ tn The words “in defeat” are added in the translation for clarification.

[11:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “a prince of the covenant.”

[11:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “broken” or “shattered.”

[11:15]  ⁶ sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.

[11:15]  ⁷ tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).