Daniel 11:40

"And at the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through. He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. And he shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape. But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps."

THE LAST DOINGS OF THE HOSTILE KING; AND HIS END

Any application of these words to Antiochus Epiphanes "stands in irreconcilable contradiction to the historical facts regarding the last undertakings of Antiochus."[11] Furthermore, the final paragraph of this chapter "is irreconcilable that in them we have a comprehensive repetition of what has already been written of Antiochus.[12] As a matter of simple fact, it is impossible to apply the words of this chapter beginning with Daniel 11:36 to Antiochus or to any other ruler of the inter-testamental period. Here we are dealing with a prophecy of the final developments of the Adamic probation on earth. "These words refer only to the final enemy of the people of God, the Antichrist."[13]

The mention of the sparing of Edom, Moab and Ammon is somewhat misleading until it is remembered that these peoples are the old, hereditary, and chief enemies of God's people. Therefore they would appear again finally as allies and helpers of the anti-God "king" who appears in these lines. The enmity of those ancient peoples against the people of God accounts for their being spared by God's enemy.