And the king of the South will be enraged and go out and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be handed over to the former.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And the king of the south shall be moved with choler - With anger. This means that his provinces were invaded and his strongholds t…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And the king. — The ambiguity of this verse is very great. The pronoun “He” may refer to either king; consequently, while…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Here the angel passes to the third war, namely, that which the son of Callinicus stirred up against Ptolemy Philopator. After the death of Euergete…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the king of the south shall be moved with choler This is Ptolemy Philopator, who succeeded Ptolemy Euergetes in the k…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…