Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 11:41

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41. Antiochus, according to PORPHYRY, marching against Ptolemy, though he turned from his course to wreak his wrath on the Jews, did not meddle with Edom, Moab, and Ammon on the side of Judea. In 1 Maccabees 4:61; 5:3 ; &c., it is stated that he used their help in crushing the Jews, of whom they were the ancient enemies. Compare Isaiah 11:14 , as to Israel's future retribution, just as the Maccabees made war on them as the friends of Antiochus ( 1 Maccabees 5:1-68 ). Antitypically, the Turks under Selim entered Jerusalem on their way to Egypt, and retain "the glorious land" of Palestine to this day. But they never could conquer the Arabs, who are akin to Edom, Moab, and Ammon ( Genesis 16:12 ). So in the case of the final Antichrist. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-42" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-dan-11-009

절 (explains)

bible-text/dan-11-41

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological