Daniel 11:15

"“In those times many will stand up against the king of the south. Also the children of the violent among your people will lift themselves up to establish the vision, but they will fall."

Key Reflection

This passage predicts that during a time of conflict, both external enemies and internal dissenters within the nation will rise against a leader in the south, symbolizing opposition to divine authority. Despite their efforts, these rebels will ultimately fail, reinforcing the ultimate triumph of God's plans over human resistance.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

So the king of the north -Antiochus the Great. Shall come -Shall come again into these provinces. This occurred after he had vanquished the army of the Egyptians at Paneas. He then took Sidon and Patara, and made himself master of the whole country. - Prideaux, iii. 198. This happened 198 b.c. Scopas, a general of Ptolemy, had been sent by him into Coelo-Syria and Palestine, with a view of subjecting those countries again to Egyptian rule. He was met by Antiochus at Paneas, near the sources of the Jordan, and defeated, and fled with ten thousand men to Sidon, where he fortified himself, but from where he was expelled by Antiochus. And cast up a mount -A fortification.

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