Discovery BoxDaniel 11:10 
Context11:10 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
Context11:22 Armies 4 will be suddenly 5 swept away in defeat 6 before him; both they and a covenant leader 7 will be destroyed. 8
1 sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223
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.”
