Discovery BoxDaniel 11:15 
Context11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. 1 The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. 2 They will have no strength to prevail.
Daniel 11:18
Context11:18 Then he will turn his attention 3 to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander 4 will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, 5 he will make him pay for his shameful conduct. 6
1 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.
2 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).
3 tn Heb “his face.” See v. 19 as well.
4 sn The commander is probably the Roman commander, Lucius Cornelius Scipio.
5 tn The Hebrew here is difficult in that the negative בִּלְתִּי (biltiy, “not”) is used in an unusual way. The sense is not entirely clear.
6 tn Heb “his shameful conduct he will return to him.”
