Daniel 11:11

La Bible David Martin

Et le Roi du Midi sera irrité, et sortira, et combattra contre lui, [savoir] contre le Roi de l'Aquilon; et il assemblera une grande multitude, et cette multitude sera livrée entre les mains du Roi du Midi.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et le roi du midi sera irrit�; il sortira et combattra contre lui, contre le roi du nord. Et celui-ci mettra sur pied une grande multitude, mais la multitude sera livr�e en sa main.

Darby's French Translation
Et le roi du midi s'exasp�rera, et sortira, et fera la guerre contre lui, contre le roi du nord; et celui-ci mettra sur pied une grande multitude, mais la multitude sera livr�e en sa main.

Louis Segond (1910)
Le roi du midi s'irritera, il sortira et attaquera le roi du septentrion; il soul�vera une grande multitude, et les troupes du roi du septentrion seront livr�es entre ses mains.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king of the south: Daniel 11:5, Daniel 11:9

moved: Daniel 11:44, Daniel 8:7, Psalms 76:10

the multitude: Daniel 11:10, Daniel 2:38, 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:28, Psalms 33:16, Psalms 33:17, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Jeremiah 27:6

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king of the south shall be moved with choler,.... This is Ptolemy Philopator, who succeeded Ptolemy Euergetes in the kingdom of Egypt; so called ironically, because of his murder of his father and mother, as Justin k relates; the same, though naturally sluggish and slothful, was provoked and exasperated at the proceedings of Antiochus, retaking Coelesyria, invading Palestine, and coming up to the borders of his kingdom:

and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: he assembled an army, and marched with them, from the interior part of his kingdom, to the border of it, to Raphia, a city between Rhinocorura and Gaza; where he met with Antiochus, and a battle was fought, as before observed:

and he shall set forth a great multitude; this is true of both kings, their armies were very large; that of Ptolemy king of Egypt consisted, according to Polybius l, of seventy thousand foot, five thousand horse, and seventy three elephants and that of Antiochus king of Syria consisted of sixty two (some say seventy two) thousand foot, six thousand horse, and a hundred and two elephants: the former army, that of the king of Egypt, seems rather designed, if the preceding clause is consulted; though the latter, that of Antiochus, best agrees with what follows:

but the multitude shall be given into his hand: that is, the multitude of the army of Antiochus should be delivered into the hands of Ptolemy Philopator, and so it was; for Antiochus lost ten thousand footmen, and three hundred horsemen; four thousand footmen were taken, three elephants slain, and two wounded, which afterwards died, and most of the rest were taken m: this victory is ascribed to Arsinoe, the sister and wife of Ptolemy, who ran about the army with her hair dishevelled, and by entreaties and promises greatly encouraged the soldiers to fight; of which see third Maccabees chapter one and with which Polybius n agrees.

k E Trogo, l. 29. c. 1. l L. 5. p. 266. m Polybius, l. 5. p. 269. n Ibid. p. 268.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the king of the south shall be moved with choler - With anger. That is, that his provinces were invaded, and his strongholds taken - referring particularly to the invasion of Syria and Palestine as mentioned in the previous verse, and the attempt to wrest them out of the hands of the king of Egypt. Nothing would be more natural than that this should occur.

And shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north - There were frequent and almost constant wars between these two kingdoms. Yet the reference here is to Ptolemy Philopator, who succeeded Ptolemy Euergetes in Egypt, and who was exasperated at the conduct of Antiochus in invading Syria and Palestine. He assembled an army, and marched with it to Raphia, where he met Antiochus, and a battle was fought.

And he shall set forth a great multitude - This army of Ptolemy, according to Polybius, chapter 86, was led through Arabia Petraea, and consisted of seventy thousand infantry, and five thousand cavalry, and seventy-three elephants. The army of Antiochus consisted of sixty-two thousand foot, six thousand horse, and a hundred and two elephants. - Prideaux, Con. iii. 151.

But the multitude shall be given into his hand - That is, the multitude of the army of Antiochus. In the battle that was fought at Raphia, Ptolemy gained the victory. Ten thousand of the army of Antiochus were slain, four thousand taken prisoners, and with the remainder of his forces Antiochus retreated to Antioch. - Prideaux, iii. 152, 153. Perhaps also the expression “the multitude shall be given into his hand” may refer not only to the army, and his victory over it, but to the fact that the inhabitants of Coelo-Syria and Palestine would hasten to submit themselves to him. After this great battle at Raphia, and the retreat of Antiochus, we are told that the cities of Coelo-Syria and Palestine vied with each other in submitting themselves to Ptolemy. They had been long under the government of Egypt, and preferred that to the government of Antiochus. They had submitted to Antiochus only by force, and that force now being removed, they returned readily to the authority of their old masters. Had Ptolemy possessed energy and capacity for government, it would have been easy to have retained the control over these countries.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 11:11. The king of the south — Ptolemy Philopater, who succeeded his father Euergetes.

Shall come forth and fight with him — He did come forth to Raphia, where he was met by Antiochus, when a terrible battle was fought between these two kings.

And he (Antiochus, the king of the north) shall set forth a great multitude — Amounting to sixty-two thousand foot, six thousand horse, and one hundred and two elephants; but yet the multitude was given into his hand, the hand of the king of the south; for Ptolemy gained a complete victory. Raphia, and other neighbouring towns, declared for the victor; and Antiochus was obliged to retreat with his scattered army to Antioch, from which he sent to solicit a peace. See 3Macc 1:1-6, and Polybius, lib. v.