Discovery BoxDaniel 4:35 
Context4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. 1
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps 2 his hand
and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
Daniel 11:7
Context11:7 “There will arise in his 3 place one from her family line 4 who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully. 5
Daniel 11:10
Context11:10 His sons 6 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 7 fortress. 8
Daniel 11:12
Context11:12 When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. 9 He will be responsible for the death 10 of thousands and thousands of people, 11 but he will not continue to prevail.
1 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew
2 tn Aram “strikes against.”
3 sn The reference is to the king of Egypt.
4 tn Heb “the stock of her roots.”
sn The reference to one from her family line is probably to Berenice’s brother, Ptolemy III Euergetes (ca. 246-221
5 tn Heb “will deal with them and prevail.”
6 sn The sons of Seleucus II Callinicus were Seleucus III Ceraunus (ca. 227-223
7 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the enemy of the king of the north) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 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.
9 tn Heb “his heart will be lifted up.” The referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “cause to fall.”
11 tn Heb “of myriads.”
