Daniel 11:10

But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet records a vision detailing the succession of rulers in the northern and southern kingdoms following the initial invasion of the king of the South.

The words — יִתְגָּר֗וּ (yit.ga.Ru) = they will wage war, and הֲמוֹן (ha.mOn) = a multitude, describing the sons of a defeated ruler mobilizing forces.

The thread — The imagery of overwhelming advance echoes the flood-like judgment in Jeremiah 51:42, while the familial succession and fortress assault parallel the events in Daniel 11:7.

Why it lands — The text asserts that human military mobilization and territorial advances are temporary, as the subsequent context shows the assembled army ultimately delivered to its enemy.

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The Hebrew words

וּבָנָ֣יוu/v.no/vand/ sons/ his יִתְגָּר֗וּyit.ga.Ruthey will wage war וְאָסְפוּ֙ve./'a.se.Fuand/ they will gather הֲמוֹן֙ha.mOna multitude of חֲיָלִ֣יםcha.ya.Limarmies רַבִּ֔יםra.Bimgreat וּבָ֥אu./Va'and/ it will go ב֖וֹאVo'certainly <go>וְשָׁטַ֣ףve./sha.Tafand/ it will overflow וְעָבָ֑רve./'a.Varand/ it will pass over וְיָשֹׁ֥בve./ya.Shoand/ it will return וְיִתְגָּרֶ֖הve./yit.ga.ruso/ it may wage war עַד־'ad-to מָעֻזּֽוֹ׃ma.'u.z/ostronghold/ his

King James Version

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 fortress.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 51:42 The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.
Daniel 9:26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
Daniel 11:7 But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
Daniel 11:26 Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
Isaiah 8:7 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Isaiah 25:12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
Daniel 11:22 Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
Daniel 11:39 He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.