Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:15-16
15, 16. Antiochus the Great shall come against Egypt, raise earthworks against “a well-fortified city,” and take it. This probably has reference to the capture of Sidon, where Scopas, the commander of the Ptolemic forces, after the Syrian king’s victory at Mount Pannius, had intrenched himself with ten thousand of his men. The result is thus stated: “And the forces of the south (i.e., Ptolemy’s) shall not withstand [Antiochus] nor (even) his [Ptolemy’s] chosen men, and there shall be no... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:14
14. Shall many stand up Antiochus the Great succeeded in allying Philip of Macedon with him in his attack on Egypt, and there were also insurrections even in Egypt itself against the new and infant Ptolemy. Also the robbers, etc.. R.V., “also the children of the violent among thy people shall lift themselves up,” etc. These “sons of oppressors” are variously thought of as the tax collectors, who then, as in later Egypt, were a scourge to the land; or perhaps as the Egyptian Jews, who,... read more