Daniel 11:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. ”

• Daniel 11:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the king of the south - The angel here leaves the general history of the empire, and confines himself, in his predictions, to two parts of it - the kingdom of the south, and the kingdom of th...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And the (l) king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of (m) his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion [shall be] a great dominion. (l) That is, Ptolemeus kin...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Daniel 11:5 . the king of the south: the king of Egypt, Ptolemy I. The two chief divisions of the Greek Empire were ( a) Egypt, which was ruled by the Ptolemies, ( b ) Syria, which was governed b...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the king of the south . Ptolemy Soter, son of Lagus, king of Egypt (see Daniel 11:8 ). He took the title "king"; whereas his father "Lagus" had been only governor. south . With reference to Judea...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Here the angel begins to treat of the kings of Egypt and of Syria. He does not mention the king of Syria yet, but will do so in the next verse; but he begins with the king of Egypt, the neighbo...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. The king of the south - This was Pt...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The king of the south, &c.— The LXX render the words, And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes shall be strong above him; or perhaps it may be better rendered thus,...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. And the king of the south shall...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Final Vision These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 contain a detailed account of future e...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The king. — This king of the south (see Daniel 11:8 ) is suddenly introduced to our notice. The vagueness of the language prevents us from asserting that the reference is to Ptolemy Soter, who ass...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  FIRST SECTION Daniel 11:2-9 Events from the rise of Alexander the Great (B.C. 336) to the death of Seleucus Nicator (B.C. 280). There are to be three kings of Persia after Cyrus (who is then re...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Rise and Fall of Empires Daniel 11:1-14 This chapter foretells the histories of Xerxes, of Alexander the Great, the division of his kingdom on his death, and the long conflicts between the...

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• Daniel 11:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The foretelling of the glorious One is contained in this chapter. It covered a period to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and finally referred to the Messianic kingdom. There would be yet three king...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  If my Reader be more curious to make search into hidden things, than to turn over again and again those which the Lord hath revealed; I fear that he will not be pleased with the shortness I purpose t...

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• Daniel 11:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the king of the south shall be strong ,.... That is, the king of Egypt, which lay south to Syria, as Syria lay north to Egypt; and therefore the king of the one is called the king of the south,...

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• Daniel 11:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion [shall be] a great dominion. Ver. 5. And the king of the sout...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the king of the south , &c. “Though the kingdom of Alexander was divided into four principal parts, yet only two of them have a place in this prophecy, Egypt and Syria. These two were by far...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Affairs of Egypt and Syria; The Reign of Antiochus Magnus; The Fall of Antiochus Magnus. B. C.  534....

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• Daniel 11:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This king was Ptolemy the son of Lagus, the first king of Egypt after Alexander, who is brought in because he took Jerusalem by treachery, for the angel minds only those persons and things which rela...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And the king of the south will be strong, and one of his princes, and he will be strong above him and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion.' The king described here was Ptolemy I, o...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  HOMILETICS SECT. XXXVIII.—THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND OF THE SOUTH. (Chap. Daniel 11:1-20 .) We come to the things which the angel was commissioned to communicate to the prophet, and through him...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

  south That is, "south" of Palestine. Egypt is meant. his princes That is, One of Alexander's princes; historically Ptolemy Lagidae. he shall Not the "king of the south" (Ptolemy...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Daniel 11:2 . There shall stand up yet three kings in Persia. Daniel, a minister of state for most of his long life, was here shewn the succession of kingdoms in so clear a light as to command all...

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• Daniel 11:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Daniel 11:1-27 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH . Daniel 11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm a...

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• Daniel 11:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Daniel 11:1 . Also I, in the first year of Darius, the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him, or, "even as I stood by to strengthen him," the inference being that the various angeli...

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• Daniel 11:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Daniel 11:3 ; Daniel 11:4

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• Daniel 11:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The king of the south — This king was Ptolemy, the first king of Egypt after Alexander who is brought in, because he took Jerusalem by treachery; for the angel minds only those persons and things w...

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