Daniel 11:39-45

39 Atacará las fortalezas más resistentes, afirmando que cuenta con la ayuda de este dios extranjero. Honrará a quienes se sometan a él, al ponerlos en puestos de autoridad y al repartir la tierra entre ellos como recompensa.

40 »Luego, al tiempo del fin, el rey del sur atacará al rey del norte. El rey del norte saldrá precipitadamente en carros de guerra con sus conductores y una enorme armada. Invadirá varios territorios y los arrasará como una inundación.

41 Entrará en la gloriosa tierra de Israel
y muchas naciones caerán, pero Moab, Edom y la mayor parte de Amón escaparán de sus manos.

42 Conquistará muchos países y ni siquiera Egipto se salvará.

43 Se apoderará del oro, de la plata y de los tesoros de Egipto; los libios y los etíopes serán sus sirvientes.

44 »Pero luego lo alarmarán las noticias provenientes del oriente y del norte y saldrá con furia a destruir y a aniquilar a muchos.

45 Se detendrá entre el glorioso monte santo y el mar y allí instalará sus carpas reales, pero mientras esté allí, terminará su tiempo de repente y no habrá quien lo ayude.

Daniel 11:39-45 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.