Daniele 11:40-45

40 E al tempo della fine, il re del mezzogiorno verrà a cozzo con lui; e il re del settentrione gli piomberà addosso come la tempesta, con carri e cavalieri, e con molte navi; penetrerà ne’ paesi e, tutto inondando, passerà oltre.

41 Entrerà pure nel paese splendido, e molte popolazioni saranno abbattute; ma queste scamperanno dalle sue mani: Edom, Moab e la parte principale de’ figliuoli di Ammon.

42 Egli stenderà la mano anche su diversi paesi, e il paese d’Egitto non scamperà.

43 E s’impadronirà de’ tesori d’oro e d’argento, e di tutte le cose preziose dell’Egitto; e i Libi e gli Etiopi saranno al suo séguito.

44 Ma notizie dall’oriente e dal settentrione lo spaventeranno; ed egli partirà con gran furore, per distruggere e votare allo stermino molti.

45 E pianterà le tende del suo palazzo fra i mari e il bel monte santo; poi giungerà alla sua fine, e nessuno gli darà aiuto.

Daniele 11:40-45 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 11

In this chapter the angel makes good his promise to Daniel, that he would show him what was written in the Scripture of truth, concerning the monarchies of the earth, and what would befall his people the Jews in the latter days; and after he had observed that he had strengthened and confirmed Darius the Mede, who was the first king of the then present flourishing monarchy, Da 11:1, he foretells the number of the kings of Persia, and particularly describes the fourth, Da 11:2 predicts the rise of the Grecian monarchy under Alexander the great, and the disposition of it after his death, Da 11:3,4 and then proceeds to give an account of the two principal kingdoms of that monarchy, into which it was divided, the Seleucidae and Lagidae; and of their kings, the king of Egypt, and the king of Syria, under the names of the king of the south, and the king of the north, and of their power and agreement, Da 11:5,6 and then of their various wars between themselves and others, and the success of them, Da 11:7-20, and particularly of Antiochus, his character and manner of coming to the kingdom, and of his wars with the king of Egypt, and the issue of them, Da 11:21-29 and of his persecution of the Jews, and the distress he should bring on them, and the use it should be of to the godly among them, Da 11:30-35, and then his antitype, antichrist, is described; the western antichrist, his character and actions, Da 11:36-39 then the eastern, his power, wealth and riches, hail and rain, Da 11:40-45.