Daniel 11:6

After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The prophet Daniel records a vision detailing future territorial conflicts between the king of the South and the king of the North. The passage describes a diplomatic arrangement that emerges following a period of military consolidation and shifting regional authority.

The words — The Hebrew verb יִתְחַבְּרוּ (yitḥabberû) literally means "they will join together" or "form an alliance." The noun שָׁנִים (shānîm) simply denotes "years," establishing the delayed timeframe for this political union.

The thread — The collapse of this alliance directly precedes Daniel 11:7, where a relative of the daughter rises to fight the king of the North and seize his fortress. The pattern of broken human strength and withheld success also appears in Job 38:15.

Why it lands — The text states that the diplomatic marriage fails, the woman loses her political standing, and she is surrendered with her escort, father, and supporter. Readers must note the historical sequence of alliance formation and subsequent political abandonment without adding speculative timelines.

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The Hebrew words

וּלְקֵ֤ץu./le./Ketzand/ to/ [the] end of שָׁנִים֙sha.Nimyears יִתְחַבָּ֔רוּyit.cha.Ba.ruthey will make an alliance וּבַ֣תu./Vatand/ [the] daughter of מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king of הַנֶּ֗גֶבha./Ne.gevthe/ south תָּבוֹא֙ta.Vo'she will come אֶל־'el-to מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king of הַצָּפ֔וֹןha./tza.Fonthe/ north לַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla./'a.Sotto/ do מֵישָׁרִ֑יםmei.sha.Rimuprightness<es>וְלֹֽא־ve./lo'-and/ not תַעְצֹ֞רta'.Tzorshe will retain כּ֣וֹחַKo.ach[the] power of הַזְּר֗וֹעַha./ze.Ro.a'the/ arm וְלֹ֤אve./Lo'and/ not יַעֲמֹד֙ya.'a.Modhe will stand וּזְרֹע֔וֹu./ze.ro.'/O<and>/ arm/ his וְתִנָּתֵ֨ןve./ti.na.Tenso/ she may be given up הִ֤יאhi'she וּמְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙u./me.vi.'Ei./haand/ [those who] brought/ her וְהַיֹּ֣לְדָ֔הּve./hai./Yo.le.Da/hand/ the/ [one who] fathered/ her וּמַחֲזִקָ֖הּu./ma.cha.zi.Ka/hand/ [the one who] strengthened/ her בָּעִתִּֽים׃ba./'i.Timin the/ times

King James Version

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

Cross-references

Daniel 11:13 For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.
Job 38:15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
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 11:15 Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.
Daniel 11:40 At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
Psalms 10:5 He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
Ezekiel 30:21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
Zechariah 11:16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
Ezekiel 38:8 After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.