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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 11:9

‘And he will come into the land of the king of the south, but he will return to his own land.'

Eventually Seleucus II counterattacked in around 240BC, but unsuccessfully, and had to withdraw defeated.

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See also Daniel 11:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 11:9. _SO THE KING OF THE SOUTH_] Ptolemy Euergetes - _SHALL COME INTO HIS KINGDOM_] That of Seleucus Callinicus. _AND SHALL RETURN_] Having heard that a sedition had taken place in Egy...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SO THE KING OF THE SOUTH SHALL COME INTO HIS KINGDOM - That is, into the kingdom of the north, or the kingdom of Syria. This verse seems to be a summary of what had been said about his invading Syria....

  • 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 11:9. HE SHALL COME: Seleucus II. After the murder of Antiochus, his successor, Seleucus Callinicus, invaded Egypt but was defeated (240 B.C.)....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LAND. soil....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Ptolemy III. (Euergetes I.), 247 222, and Seleucus II. (Callinicus), 246 226. Ptolemy Euergetes I., Berenice's brother, an enterprising and energetic king, in revenge for his sister's murder, invaded...

  • 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

    AND HE SHALL COME INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE KING OF THE SOUTH, BUT HE _shall_, &c. After two years Seleucus Callinicus succeeded in re-establishing his power in Asia (b.c. 242); but proceeding to march...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT OUT OF A BRANCH, &C.— Rather, as in the Vulgate, _Out of the branch of her root, shall stand up a plant; and he shall come,_ &c. This branch which sprung _out of the same root_ with Berenice was P...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (2) PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDS, I TEXT: Daniel 11:5-9 5 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. SO THE KING OF THE SOUTH SHALL COME INTO HIS KINGDOM - Egypt: not only with impunity, but with great spoil...

  • 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

    See Acts 8:18. 11. Cp. Ezekiel 2:1....

  • 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

    THE KING OF THE SOUTH. — According to the Hebrew text, these words are in the genitive case (so Theod. Jer.), though the English Version is supported by the LXX. In this case the meaning is, “The king...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בָ֗א בְּ מַלְכוּת֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ נֶּ֔גֶב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    FIRST SECTION Daniel 11:2 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 reigning)...

  • 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...

  • 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

    This clause belongs to the former verse; as if he had said, Ptolemy shall return by a peaceful march after this hostile invasion of Syria. For he might have some fears lest his enemy should not be com...

  • 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

    SO THE KING OF THE SOUTH SHALL COME INTO HIS KINGDOM,.... Into his own kingdom, the kingdom of Egypt; or into the kingdom of Syria, the kingdom of Seleucus, and conquer great part of it, and ravage an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So the king of the south shall come into [his] kingdom, and shall return into his own land. Ver. 9. _So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom._] Called out of Syria by a commotion at home...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So the king of the South shall come into his kingdom, rather, "and he," the last-named king of the North, "shall come into the kingdom of the king of the South," AND SHALL RETURN INTO HIS OWN LAND, to...

  • 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...

  • 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

    So he did, with a booty of forty thousand talents of silver, without fear or danger....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:9 come H935 (H8804) kingdom H4438 king H4428 South H5045 return H7725 (H8804) land H127...

  • 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 11:7 Egypt’s Ptolemy II was succeeded by Berenice’s brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes I (reigned 246–221 B.C.), A BRANCH FROM HER ROOTS. In retaliation for the death of his sister,...

  • 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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Return — So he did with a booty of forty thousand talents of silver....

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