The Meaning of Daniel 11:9 Explained

Daniel 11:9

KJV: So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

YLT: 'And the king of the south hath come into the kingdom, and turned back unto his own land;

Darby: and the same shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but shall return into his own land.

ASV: And he shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So the king  of the south  shall come  into [his] kingdom,  and shall return  into his own land. 

What does Daniel 11:9 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Evidently Seleucus II invaded Egypt later unsuccessfully, though I know of no record of this in secular history.

Context Summary

Daniel 11:1-14 - The Rise And Fall Of Empires
This chapter foretells the histories of Xerxes, of Alexander the Great, the division of his kingdom on his death, and the long conflicts between the kings of Syria and Egypt. During those years of turmoil and war the eyes of God's faithful servants must often have turned to this page for guidance and comfort. The voice of the prophets was hushed between Malachi 4:1-6 and Matthew 1:1-25, and therefore the written word would be more than ordinarily precious. It must have comforted them to be assured that God knew the way they had to travel and would supply all needed help. What a weary monotony of strife, war, and misery is the history of world kingdoms! The heathen rage; the people are moved. Earth and sky are wrapped in clouds and darkness. We are reminded of the chaos of the primal condition of our earth, when it was without form and void and darkness was on the face of the deep. But as in creation, so in history: in the darkest hours the divine Spirit is brooding in the heart of the night, and will presently re-establish order and beauty. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 11

1  The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia
5  Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of the north
30  The invasion and tyranny of the Romans

What do the individual words in Daniel 11:9 mean?

And [the king of the North] shall come to the kingdom of the king of the south but shall return to his own land
וּבָ֗א בְּמַלְכוּת֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֔גֶב וְשָׁ֖ב אֶל־ אַדְמָתֽוֹ

וּבָ֗א  And  [the  king  of  the  North]  shall  come 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
בְּמַלְכוּת֙  to  the  kingdom 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַלְכוּת  
Sense: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power.
מֶ֣לֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
הַנֶּ֔גֶב  of  the  south 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
וְשָׁ֖ב  but  shall  return 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
אַדְמָתֽוֹ  his  own  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.

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