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Daniel 11:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land. "
Daniel 11:9
Verse in Context
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7 “But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place who will come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them and will prevail.
8 He will also carry their gods, with their molten images and their precious vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north.
9 He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land.
10 His sons will wage war and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will keep coming and overflow and pass through. They will return and wage war, even to his fortress.
11 “The king of the south will be moved with anger and will come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north. He will send out a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand.
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Daniel 11:1
"“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him."
Daniel 11:2
"“Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia. The fourth will be far richer than all of them. When he has grown strong through his riches, he will stir up all against the realm of Greece."
Daniel 11:3
"A mighty king will stand up who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will."
Daniel 11:4
"When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken, and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these."
Daniel 11:5
"“The king of the south will be strong. One of his princes will become stronger than him and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion."
Daniel 11:6
"At the end of years they will join themselves together. The daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain the strength of her arm. He will also not stand, nor will his arm; but she will be given up, with those who brought her and he who became her father, and he who strengthened her in those times."
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