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 11:13
Context11:13 For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies.
Daniel 11:15
Context11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. 4 The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. 5 They will have no strength to prevail.
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 sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
5 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).
