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Daniel 11:15
New English Translation
Daniel 11:15
New English Translation
15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city.[a] The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents.[b] They will have no strength to prevail.
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- Daniel 11:15 sn This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
- Daniel 11:15 tn Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).
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