Daniel 11:18

"He will set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women, to destroy the kingdom, but she will not stand, and won’t be for him."

Key Reflection

In Daniel 11:18, the passage describes a scenario where one individual, likely representing a foreign power, sets his resolve to invade with the full might of his kingdom. He brings conditions that are perceived as fair and equitable, promising to honor them. However, these terms come with a hidden agenda; he plans to marry into the royal family through the daughter of a woman, intending to use this alliance to dismantle her kingdom. Despite his initial success, this plan ultimately fails because the marriage does not yield the expected results or benefits for him. This verse underscores the tension between appearances of fairness and underlying schemes in political power plays, reflecting the complex realities of international relations in the ancient Near East where alliances often came with hidden motives.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

After this shall he turn his face unto the isles -The islands of the Mediterranean, particularly those in the neighborhood of and constituting a part of Greece. This he did in his wars with the Romans, for the Roman power then comprehended that part of the world, and it was the design of Antiochus, as already remarked, to extend the limits of his empire as far as it was at the time of Seleucus Nicator.

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