Daniel 11:10

11:10 His sons ¹  will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s ²  fortress. ³ 

Daniel 11:22

11:22 Armies ⁴  will be suddenly ⁵  swept away in defeat ⁶  before him; both they and a covenant leader ⁷  will be destroyed. ⁸ 

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¹ sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223 B.C.) and Antiochus III the Great (ca. 223-187 B.C.).

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and he will certainly come and overflow and cross over and return and be aroused unto a fortress.” The translation has attempted to simplify the syntax of this difficult sequence.

⁴ tn Heb “arms.”

⁵ tc The present translation reads הִשָּׁטֹף (hishatof), Niphal infinitive absolute of שָׁטַף (shataf, “to overflow”), for the MT הַשֶּׁטֶף (hashetef, “flood”).

⁶ tn The words “in defeat” are added in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “a prince of the covenant.”

⁸ tn Heb “broken” or “shattered.”