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Daniel 11:40-45

King James Version (KJV)

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40. And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 41. He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, [even] Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42. He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43. But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians [shall be] at his steps. 44. But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. 45. And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Daniel 11:40-45 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Daniel 11:40

Theological / Devotional

Time of the end. Here the king of the north and the king of the south are mentioned as such for the first time since verses 14, 15. Seventh-day Adventist expositors who find the career of France during the Revolution the subject of verses 36-39 hold that Turkey is the king of the north of verses 40-45. Those who apply verses 36-39 to the papacy here find a prophetic picture of the climax of its career. Some of the latter group identify the papacy as the king of the north, while others distinguish between the two. A few consider that verses 40-45 met their fulfillment in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. See on verse 45.

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