Shall be strong - This is in accordance with the well-known fact. One of the most powerful of those monarchies, if not the most pow…

The king.— This king of the south is suddenly introduced to our notice. The vaguene of the language prevents us from a erting that…

Here the angel begins to speak about the kings of Egypt and Syria. He does not mention the king of Syria yet, but will do so in the next verse; how…

And the king of the south shall be strong
That is, the king of Egypt, which lay south to Syria, as Syria lay north t…

The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are mentioned; Judea was between their domin…