Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Daniel 11:7 - 11:7

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Daniel 11:7 - 11:7


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A violent war shall then break out, in which the king of the north shall be overcome. One of the offspring of her roots shall appear. מִן in מִנֵּצֶר is partitive, as Dan 11:5, and נֵצֶר is used collectively. The figure reminds us of Isa 11:1. The suffix to שָׁרָשֶׁיהָ refers to the king's daughter, Dan 11:6. Her roots are her parents, and the offspring of her roots a brother of the king's daughter, but not a descendant of his daughter, as Kranichfeld by losing sight of נֵצֶר supposes. כַּנּו is the accusative of direction, for which, in Dan 11:20, Dan 11:21, Dan 11:38, כַּנּו עַל stands more distinctly; the suffix refers to the king of the south, who was also the subject in יַעֲמֹד, Dan 11:6. אֶל־הַחַיִל יָבֹא does not mean: he will go to the (to his) army (Michaelis, Berth., v. Leng., Hitz., Klief.); this would be a very heavy remark within the very characteristic, significant description here given (Kran., Häv.); nor does it mean: he attained to might (Häv.); but: he shall come to the army, i.e., against the host of the enemy, i.e., the king of the north (Kran.). אֶל בֹּוא, as Gen 32:9; Isa 37:33, is used of a hostile approach against a camp, a city, so as to take it, in contradistinction to the following בְּמָעוֹז יָבֹא: to penetrate into the fortress. מָעוֹז has a collective signification, as בָּהֶם referring to it shows. בְ עָשָׂה, to act against or with any one, cf. Jer 18:23 (“deal with them”), ad libidinem agere (Maurer), essentially corresponding to כִּרְצוֹנוֹ in Dan 11:33, Dan 11:36. הֶחֱזִיק, to show power, i.e., to demonstrate his superior power.