Dànyǐlǐshū 11:5

5 Nánfāng de wáng bì qiángshèng , tā jiāng shuaì zhōng bì yǒu yī gè bǐ tā gēng qiángshèng , zhí zhǎngquán bǐng , tāde quánbǐng shén dà .

Dànyǐlǐshū 11:5 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 11:5

And the king of the south shall be strong
That is, the king of Egypt, which lay south to Syria, as Syria lay north to Egypt; and therefore the king of the one is called the king of the south, and the other the king of the north, throughout this prophecy; and by the king of the south, or Egypt, is here meant Ptolemy Lagus, one of Alexander's generals, who had Egypt for his share; and a very powerful king he was; for he reigned over Egypt, Lybia, Cyrene, Ethiopia, Arabia, Phoenicia, Coelesyria, Cyprus, and several isles in the Aegean sea, and many cities in Greece: and one of his princes;
not of Ptolemy king of Egypt, but of Alexander the great; and this is Seleucus Nicator, afterwards called king of the north, having Syria for his part, which lay to the north of Egypt, as before observed: and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion;
that is, be a greater and more powerful prince than Ptolemy king of Egypt: his dominion shall be a great dominion;
even greater than the others; for he reigned over Macedonia, Greece, Thrace, Asia, Syria, Babylonia, Media, and all the eastern countries as far as India; even from Taurus to the river Indus, and so likewise from Taurus to the Aegean sea: these two are only mentioned, who shared the Persian monarchy, because the Jews were only affected by them, for the sake of whom this prophecy is delivered.

Dànyǐlǐshū 11:5 In-Context

3 Bì yǒu yī gè yǒnggǎn de wáng xīngqǐ , zhí zhǎng dà quán , suíyì ér xíng .

4 Tā xīngqǐ de shíhou , tāde guó bì pòliè , xiàng tiān de sìfāng ( fāng yuánwén zuò fēng ) fēnkāi , què bú guī tāde hòuyì , zhì guó de yĕ dōu bú jí tā . yīnwei tāde guó bì beì bá chū , guīyǔ tā hòuyì zhī waì de rén .

5 Nánfāng de wáng bì qiángshèng , tā jiāng shuaì zhōng bì yǒu yī gè bǐ tā gēng qiángshèng , zhí zhǎngquán bǐng , tāde quánbǐng shén dà .

6 Guō xiē nián hòu , tāmen bì hùxiāng lián hé , nánfāng wáng de nǚér bì jiù le bĕi fāng wáng lái lì yuē . dàn zhè nǚzi bāngzhu zhī lì cún lì bù zhù , wáng hé tā suǒ yǐkào zhī lì yĕ bùnéng cún lì . zhè nǚzi hé yǐndǎo tā lái de , bìng shēng tāde , yǐjí dāngshí fúzhù tāde , dōu Bìjiāo yú sǐdì .

7 Dàn zhè nǚzi de bĕn jiā ( yuánwén zuò gēn ) bì Lìng shēng yī zǐ ( zǐ yuánwén zuò zhī ) jìxù wáng wèi , tā bì shuaìlǐng jūnduì jìnrù bĕi fāng wáng de bǎo zhàng , gōngjī tāmen , érqiĕ déshèng .