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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Daniel 11:10

His sons. Seleucus Ceraunius and Antiochus the great, the sons of Callinicus. (Challoner) --- The former was poisoned after three years' reign, as he marched against Attalus. (Just. xxix.) --- Antiochus the great reconquered many provinces from Egypt, but was beaten at Raphia, on the confines, and lost C\'9clo-syria. (Calmet) --- He shall, &c. Antiochus the great. (Challoner) --- He prosecuted the war, as his brother was prevented by death. (Worthington)

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See also Daniel 11:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 11:10. _BUT HIS SONS SHALL BE STIRRED UP_] That is, the sons of Callinicus, who were _Seleucus Ceraunus_ and _Antiochus_, afterwards called _the Great_. _SHALL ASSEMBLE A MULTITUDE_] Se...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT HIS SONS SHALL BE STIRRED UP - Margin, “or, war.” The Hebrew word (יתגרוּ _yı̂th__e__ggârû_ - from גרה _gârâh_) means, to be rough; then, in Piel, to excite, stir up; and then, in Hithpa, to e...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Dan...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 11:10. HIS SONS: _ i.e._ the sons of Seleucus II, Seleucus Keraunos who reigned for three years (226- 223 B.C.), and Antiochus III, generally known as Antiochus the Great (223- 187 B.C.). The t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HIS. Seleucus II (Callinicus). SONS. Hebrew text is "son" (singular) But the Hebrew margin, with some codices and one early printed edition, read "sons" (plural), as here: i.e. Seleucus II (Callinicu...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _his sons_ Seleucus Ceraunos and Antiochus the Great, the two being grouped together, because (probably) the campaign of Seleucus in Asia Minor was the first stage in an organized plan of hostilities...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Seleucus III. (Ceraunos), 226 223, and Antiochus III. (the Great), 223 187: Ptolemy IV. (Philopator), 222 205, and Ptolemy V. (Epiphanes), 205 181. Seleucus Callinicus left two sons, Seleucus Cerauno...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT HIS SONS SHALL BE STIRRED UP, &C.— The sons of Seleucus Callinicus were Seleucus and Antiochus; the elder of whom, Seleucus, succeeded him; and, to distinguish him from others of the same name, wa...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (3) PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDS, II TEXT: Daniel 11:10-20 10 And his sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fo...

  • 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 co

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BUT HIS SONS] Seleucus III and Antiochus III, the sons of Seleucus II. AND _one_] RV 'which.' THEN SHALL HE] RV 'and they shall.' HIS(Ptolemy's) FORTRESS] probably Gaza. 11. AND HE (Antiochus) SHALL S...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 11 V1 ‘Since the first year that Darius from Media ruled, I supported him’, he continued. ‘And I helped him.’ Verse 1 This is really p...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HIS SONS. — The pronoun refers to the subject of Daniel 11:9, which is the northern king (though, according to the LXX. and English Version, it must be his rival). There is a marginal alternative in t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _וּ_†_בָנָ֣יו_† יִתְגָּר֗וּ וְ אָסְפוּ֙ הֲמֹון֙ חֲיָלִ֣ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SECOND SECTION (Daniel 11:10) Events from the death of Ptolemy Euergetes (B.C. 247) to the death of Antiochus III (the Great, B.C. 175). In the following verses, as Behrmann observes, there is a so...

  • 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 kings...

  • 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 kings...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But his (x) sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and [one] (y) shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he (z) return, and be stirred up, ...

  • 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 to...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here the angel passes to the third war, namely, that which the son of Callinicus stirred up against Ptolemy Philopator. After the death of Euergetes, the two sons of Callinicus united their forces, an...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. In chapter 10 we return to the East [1]. Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and cha...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT HIS SONS SHALL BE STIRRED UP,.... Not of the king of the south, or Egypt, but of the king of the north, or Syria; the sons of Seleucus Callinicus, who died, as Justin f says, by a fall from his ho...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and [one] shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, [even] to his...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But his sons shall be stirred up_ “The sons of Seleucus Callinicus were Seleucus and Antiochus, the elder of whom, Seleucus, succeeded him in the throne, and, to distinguish him from others of the sa...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But his sons, again those of the Northern king, SHALL BE STIRRED UP, preparing for war, AND SHALL ASSEMBLE A MULTITUDE OF GREAT FORCES, in waging war upon the Southern kingdom; AND ONE SHALL CERTAINLY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 angelic spi...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHALL BE STIRRED: Or, shall war...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-30 The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. D...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HIS SONS SHALL BE STIRRED UP; he means the sons of the king of the north, i.e. Antiochus, and Seleucus Ceraunus, shall be incensed with the deeds of Ptolemy Euergetes, and his son Ptolemy Philopater....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:10 sons H1121 up H1624 (H8691) assemble H622 (H8804) multitude H1995 great H7227 forces H2428 certainly...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ANTIOCHUS III (FATHER OF ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES) (DANIEL 11:10). ‘And his sons will be stirred up (or ‘will strive' or ‘will make war') and will gather a multitude of great forces, and he will relentles...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    BUT HIS SONS (Matthew 11:10); prophetic foreview of the wars of Egypt and Syria, Palestine, (Daniel 11:17); the battleground, B.C. 284-175....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy covering the period from Darius to anti-Christ, showing the conflicts of nations, and final heading up for destruction. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Kings of Persia and Greece, anti-Ch...

  • 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 me...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 11:10 After Seleucus II Callinicus’s death in 226 B.C., his SONS continued fighting with the Ptolemies. Seleucus III was murdered after a short reign, but his brother took the di...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. Daniel 11:1

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now He begins to reveal unto Daniel these things are going to transpire, as far as the future is concerned. And here Daniel gets into such interesting details that many of the Bible critics have a dif...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 11:22; Daniel 11:39; Daniel 11:40; Daniel 11:7; Daniel 9:26;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But his sons — He means the sons of the king of the north, shall be incensed with the deeds of Ptolemaeus Euergetes, and his son Ptolemaeus Philopator. One shall come — Antiochus the great, shall pass...

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