Daniel 11:15

Overview - Daniel 11
The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia.
Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of the north.
30 The invasion and tyranny of the Romans.
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Daniel 11:15  (King James Version)
So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
 


cast up
Jeremiah 5:10 ; 6:6 33:4 52:4 Ezekiel 17:17

most fenced cities
Hebrew city of munitions.
After fourteen years, Ptolemy Philopater having been succeeded by Ptolemy Epiphanes, then a minor, Antiochus raised a greater army than before, and having defeated his best troops under Scopas, recovered possession of Caelo-Syria and Palestine, with all their fortified cities.

shall not
6 ; 8:7 Joshua 1:5 ; Proverbs 21:30 Proverbs 21:31

his chosen people
Hebrew the people of his choices.