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Daniel 11:8

Egypt

6 After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

7 But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

9 who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

10 But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
KJV
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
WEB
He will also carry their gods with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north.
ASV
And also their gods, with their molten images, [and] with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
DARBY
He shall also carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall subsist for more years than the king of the north;
BLB
And even their gods, with their princes, with the vessels of their desiring, silver and gold, he will carry away into captivity to Egypt. And he will stand back [some] years from the king of the north,
ÅB
Endog deres guder med deres støpte bilder, med deres kostbare kar av sølv og gull, skal han føre bort til Egypt; siden skal han i noen år la Nordens konge få være i fred.
OTB
Han vil også ta deres guder, deres metallbilder og deres kostbare gjenstander av sølv og gull og føre dem til Egypt. I noen år vil han avstå fra å angripe kongen i nord.
B1930
Endog deres guder med deres støpte billeder, med deres kostbare kar av sølv og gull, skal han føre bort til Egypten; siden skal han i nogen år la Nordens konge få være i fred.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 37:19

    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

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  • Isaiah 46:1–2

    Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

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  • Jeremiah 43:12–13

    I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.

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  • Daniel 10:3

    I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

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  • Hosea 10:5–6

    The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.

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  • Numbers 33:4

    who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

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  • Exodus 12:12

    On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

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  • Hosea 8:6

    For this thing is from Israel— a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

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