THE FULFILLMENT OF DANIEL 11 Part 1 of 2
The vision that Daniel recorded in Dan 11 begins in 480 BC with the fourth king after King Darius and ends with the resurrection found in Dan 12.
Jesus chose the titles king of the North and the king of the South in the vision because their fulfillment changes over the long period of time the vision spans.
Below are the insights that I have been given so far regarding the fulfillment of the king of the North and the king of the South found in Dan 11.
The fulfillment of Dan 11:1-2 took place when King Xerxes, who was the fourth king of Persia after King Cyrus, the conquerer of the Babylonians under King Belteshazzar, rose up against Greece and was defeated at Athens in 480 BC.
Dan. 11:1 “In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him. 2 “And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.
Dan 11:3 was fulfilled when Alexander the Great, the son of King Phillip II of Macedonia, arose and conquered the Persians in 334 BC and after he died in 332 BC at least 34 of his generals and governors that he left in charge of the kingdoms that he had conquered began fighting with each other until the Romans took over a great portion of the kingdom.
Dan 11:3 “And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. 4 “But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be uprooted and given to others besides them.
Ptolmey (I) Soter and Seleucus (I) Nicator Fulfilled the King of the South and the Prince that Grew Strong With Him Described in Dan. 11:5
Dan. 11:5 “Then the king of the South will grow strong, along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed.
In order to show that Ptolmey (I) Soter fulfilled the king of the South that grew strong, which is described in Dan 11:5, after Alexander the Great died and his kingdom imploded and was parceled out toward the four points of the compass we must begin with the records that show when Alexander the Great died.
According to Annals of the World record number 2356 below Alexander the Great died in 323 BC.
3681c AM, 4391 JP, 323 BC
2356. From the diaries, Arrian and Plutach describe in detail the events that happened during his last sickness. No one can tell us who wrote those diaries of what he did. Whether Eumenes Cardianus or Diodorus Erythreus or Strattis Olynthius did this, we do not know. He wrote a diary of his deed in 4 books and one particular book of Alexander’s death according to Duidas. Whoever’s diaries they were, they contain the clearest account of what happened. Therefore have I thought it good to include what I found in Plutarch from these diaries. I compared them with the days of the Macedonian month of Daesius and our month of May using my own discourse of the Macedonian year. “The 18th of the month Dasin’s (May 12th) he slept in a bath for his fever. The next day (May 13th) after he had washed, he went to his chamber and spent that day there playing dice with Medius and then washed again. Toward the evening after his devotions, he ate his supper somewhat greedily and the next night had a grievous bout of a fever. On the 20th day (May 14th) when he had walked, he offered sacrifices very solemnly again. While lying along in a bath, he listened to Nearchus as he told him what things as had happened to him on his voyage and what wonders he had seen in the ocean. (May 15th) When he did the same this day, his fever increased. The next day (May 16th) his fever grew very sharply and he was carried to lie in a chamber near the great pool or swimming place. Here he talked with his commanders of putting approved men in places of office when offices needed to be filled. On the 24th (May 18th) his sickness grew worse and he offered sacrifice to which he was carried. He ordered the chief commanders and captains who were then in the court to stay with him but the centurions and corporals to serve outside and watch. He was carried into the innermost lodgings of the court. On the 25th day (May 19th) he had a little relief but his fever did not leave him. When the captains came to him, he did not speak to them at all and likewise on the 26th. (May 20th) Thereupon the Macedonians thought that he had been dead and came flocking with a great noise to the chamber door and threatened his friends who were there if they would not let them in. The doors were opened and every common soldier passed by his bedside. The same day Pithon and Selencus who were sent to Serapis’ temple to learn whether Alexander should be moved there or not. They brought back the answer from the oracle that he should stay where he was. On the 28th day (May 22nd.) in the evening he died.
Alexander the Great died in 323 BC
The fact that Annals of World record 2427 below points out that Ptolemy, who was the governor of Egypt under Alexander the Great, had grown so strong in Egypt by the time of Alexander the Greats’ death that it would have been hard to remove him, demonstrates that Ptolemy was the king of the South that grew in strength and continued to do so after Alexander the Greats’ death, which was prophesied in Dan 11:5.
Ptolmey (I) Soter was the governor of Egypt appointed by Alexander the Great who fulfilled the king of the South described in Dan 11:5
3683 AM, 4393 JP, 321 BC
2427. After this, Antipater made a new distribution of the governments of the provinces in Triparadisus. He partly ratified what had formerly been done in that region and made some alterations as required. He left Ptolemy what he had, for it was hard to remove him to any other government since he was firmly entrenched in Egypt. Mesopotamia and the country of Arbela were assigned to Amphimachus, the king’s brother. Babylon went to Seleucus, Parthia to Philippuis, Aria and Drangiana to Atasander of Cyprus. Bactria and Sogdiana went to Stasanor of Solos from the same land. Media, as far as to the Caspian Gates, was taken from Atropates, the son-in-law of the deceased Perdiccas and given to Pithon the son of Crateas or Cratenas. Thereupon Atropates, called the lesser Media from his own name Atroperia and revolted from the Macedonian government and made himself absolute king of it. His posterity held it down until the time of Strabo. (Strabo. l. 11. p. 523.) Antigenes, (for whom Antigonus is incorrectly written in Diodorus) captain of the silver targeteers was given the province of Susa because he was the first that went against Perdiccas. 3000 of the most active Macedonians in the recent sedition were given to him. The rest of the provinces of the upper Asia were left in the hands of such as had them before except for Patala. It was the greatest city of all India.
Annals of the World records 2527 thru 2530 reveal that in 314 BC when Seleucus fled Babylon to Egypt and convinced Ptolemy Soter to help him fight against Antigonus he became Ptolemys’ Prince that grew in strength with him, which was foretold Dan.11:5.
3690 AM, 4400 JP, 314 BC
2527. After 22 days, he arrived at Babylon and Seleucus, the governor of that province, received him with all royal presents and feasted his whole army. Antigonus wanted him to give an account of all the money in the public treasury which he had received there since he was appointed to his position. Seleucus replied that he was not bound to give an account for that which was given him by the Macedonians for the service which he had done for Alexander in his lifetime. When hostilities grew daily between them, Seleucus knew he was too weak to tackle Antigonus and feared lest he be killed like Pithon. He stole away with only 50 cavalry in his company and fled to Ptolemy in Egypt. All the world spoke of how good Ptolemy was to all those that fled to him for refuge. (Diod. Sic. year 2. Olymp. 116. and Appia. in his Syriaca. p. 121.)
2529. When Seleucus was safely in Egypt, Ptolemy entertained him very graciously. When he told Ptolemy all the things Antigonus had done against him, he persuaded Ptolemy to fight against Antigonus. (Diod. Sic. year 2. Olymp. 116. with Pausanias in his Attica, p. 5.)
2530. From there Seleucus with some his closest friends went to Europe, to persuade Cassander, who then commanded all in Macedonia and Lysimachus, who was over Thracia, to wage war on Antigonus. Antigonus suspected his intentions and sent his agents to Ptolemy, Cassander and Lysimachus, to request their love and friendship to him as in former times. (Diod. Sic. year 2. Olymp. 116.) However, Seleucus carried the day so that they all joined together with him in a firm league against Antigonus. (Appia. in his Syriaca. p. 121.)
Selecus (I) Nicator fulfilled the Prince that grew strong with the King of South described in Dan 11:5 after he fled to Egypt in 314 BC
Records 2563 thru 2565 reveal that in 312 BC Seleucus recaptured Babylon, which marked the beginning of the Seleucid Kingdom and Seleucus Nicators’ growth in dominion and ascendancy over Ptolemy Soter, the King of the South, which is described in Dan. 11:5 when it depicts the Prince that grows with the King of the South growing greater in dominion and ascending over the King of the South.
The vision that Daniel recorded in Dan 11 begins in 480 BC with the fourth king after King Darius and ends with the resurrection found in Dan 12.
Jesus chose the titles king of the North and the king of the South in the vision because their fulfillment changes over the long period of time the vision spans.
Below are the insights that I have been given so far regarding the fulfillment of the king of the North and the king of the South found in Dan 11.
The fulfillment of Dan 11:1-2 took place when King Xerxes, who was the fourth king of Persia after King Cyrus, the conquerer of the Babylonians under King Belteshazzar, rose up against Greece and was defeated at Athens in 480 BC.
Dan. 11:1 “In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him. 2 “And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.
Dan 11:3 was fulfilled when Alexander the Great, the son of King Phillip II of Macedonia, arose and conquered the Persians in 334 BC and after he died in 332 BC at least 34 of his generals and governors that he left in charge of the kingdoms that he had conquered began fighting with each other until the Romans took over a great portion of the kingdom.
Dan 11:3 “And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. 4 “But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be uprooted and given to others besides them.
Ptolmey (I) Soter and Seleucus (I) Nicator Fulfilled the King of the South and the Prince that Grew Strong With Him Described in Dan. 11:5
Dan. 11:5 “Then the king of the South will grow strong, along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed.
In order to show that Ptolmey (I) Soter fulfilled the king of the South that grew strong, which is described in Dan 11:5, after Alexander the Great died and his kingdom imploded and was parceled out toward the four points of the compass we must begin with the records that show when Alexander the Great died.
According to Annals of the World record number 2356 below Alexander the Great died in 323 BC.
3681c AM, 4391 JP, 323 BC
2356. From the diaries, Arrian and Plutach describe in detail the events that happened during his last sickness. No one can tell us who wrote those diaries of what he did. Whether Eumenes Cardianus or Diodorus Erythreus or Strattis Olynthius did this, we do not know. He wrote a diary of his deed in 4 books and one particular book of Alexander’s death according to Duidas. Whoever’s diaries they were, they contain the clearest account of what happened. Therefore have I thought it good to include what I found in Plutarch from these diaries. I compared them with the days of the Macedonian month of Daesius and our month of May using my own discourse of the Macedonian year. “The 18th of the month Dasin’s (May 12th) he slept in a bath for his fever. The next day (May 13th) after he had washed, he went to his chamber and spent that day there playing dice with Medius and then washed again. Toward the evening after his devotions, he ate his supper somewhat greedily and the next night had a grievous bout of a fever. On the 20th day (May 14th) when he had walked, he offered sacrifices very solemnly again. While lying along in a bath, he listened to Nearchus as he told him what things as had happened to him on his voyage and what wonders he had seen in the ocean. (May 15th) When he did the same this day, his fever increased. The next day (May 16th) his fever grew very sharply and he was carried to lie in a chamber near the great pool or swimming place. Here he talked with his commanders of putting approved men in places of office when offices needed to be filled. On the 24th (May 18th) his sickness grew worse and he offered sacrifice to which he was carried. He ordered the chief commanders and captains who were then in the court to stay with him but the centurions and corporals to serve outside and watch. He was carried into the innermost lodgings of the court. On the 25th day (May 19th) he had a little relief but his fever did not leave him. When the captains came to him, he did not speak to them at all and likewise on the 26th. (May 20th) Thereupon the Macedonians thought that he had been dead and came flocking with a great noise to the chamber door and threatened his friends who were there if they would not let them in. The doors were opened and every common soldier passed by his bedside. The same day Pithon and Selencus who were sent to Serapis’ temple to learn whether Alexander should be moved there or not. They brought back the answer from the oracle that he should stay where he was. On the 28th day (May 22nd.) in the evening he died.
Alexander the Great died in 323 BC
The fact that Annals of World record 2427 below points out that Ptolemy, who was the governor of Egypt under Alexander the Great, had grown so strong in Egypt by the time of Alexander the Greats’ death that it would have been hard to remove him, demonstrates that Ptolemy was the king of the South that grew in strength and continued to do so after Alexander the Greats’ death, which was prophesied in Dan 11:5.
Ptolmey (I) Soter was the governor of Egypt appointed by Alexander the Great who fulfilled the king of the South described in Dan 11:5
3683 AM, 4393 JP, 321 BC
2427. After this, Antipater made a new distribution of the governments of the provinces in Triparadisus. He partly ratified what had formerly been done in that region and made some alterations as required. He left Ptolemy what he had, for it was hard to remove him to any other government since he was firmly entrenched in Egypt. Mesopotamia and the country of Arbela were assigned to Amphimachus, the king’s brother. Babylon went to Seleucus, Parthia to Philippuis, Aria and Drangiana to Atasander of Cyprus. Bactria and Sogdiana went to Stasanor of Solos from the same land. Media, as far as to the Caspian Gates, was taken from Atropates, the son-in-law of the deceased Perdiccas and given to Pithon the son of Crateas or Cratenas. Thereupon Atropates, called the lesser Media from his own name Atroperia and revolted from the Macedonian government and made himself absolute king of it. His posterity held it down until the time of Strabo. (Strabo. l. 11. p. 523.) Antigenes, (for whom Antigonus is incorrectly written in Diodorus) captain of the silver targeteers was given the province of Susa because he was the first that went against Perdiccas. 3000 of the most active Macedonians in the recent sedition were given to him. The rest of the provinces of the upper Asia were left in the hands of such as had them before except for Patala. It was the greatest city of all India.
Annals of the World records 2527 thru 2530 reveal that in 314 BC when Seleucus fled Babylon to Egypt and convinced Ptolemy Soter to help him fight against Antigonus he became Ptolemys’ Prince that grew in strength with him, which was foretold Dan.11:5.
3690 AM, 4400 JP, 314 BC
2527. After 22 days, he arrived at Babylon and Seleucus, the governor of that province, received him with all royal presents and feasted his whole army. Antigonus wanted him to give an account of all the money in the public treasury which he had received there since he was appointed to his position. Seleucus replied that he was not bound to give an account for that which was given him by the Macedonians for the service which he had done for Alexander in his lifetime. When hostilities grew daily between them, Seleucus knew he was too weak to tackle Antigonus and feared lest he be killed like Pithon. He stole away with only 50 cavalry in his company and fled to Ptolemy in Egypt. All the world spoke of how good Ptolemy was to all those that fled to him for refuge. (Diod. Sic. year 2. Olymp. 116. and Appia. in his Syriaca. p. 121.)
2529. When Seleucus was safely in Egypt, Ptolemy entertained him very graciously. When he told Ptolemy all the things Antigonus had done against him, he persuaded Ptolemy to fight against Antigonus. (Diod. Sic. year 2. Olymp. 116. with Pausanias in his Attica, p. 5.)
2530. From there Seleucus with some his closest friends went to Europe, to persuade Cassander, who then commanded all in Macedonia and Lysimachus, who was over Thracia, to wage war on Antigonus. Antigonus suspected his intentions and sent his agents to Ptolemy, Cassander and Lysimachus, to request their love and friendship to him as in former times. (Diod. Sic. year 2. Olymp. 116.) However, Seleucus carried the day so that they all joined together with him in a firm league against Antigonus. (Appia. in his Syriaca. p. 121.)
Selecus (I) Nicator fulfilled the Prince that grew strong with the King of South described in Dan 11:5 after he fled to Egypt in 314 BC
Records 2563 thru 2565 reveal that in 312 BC Seleucus recaptured Babylon, which marked the beginning of the Seleucid Kingdom and Seleucus Nicators’ growth in dominion and ascendancy over Ptolemy Soter, the King of the South, which is described in Dan. 11:5 when it depicts the Prince that grows with the King of the South growing greater in dominion and ascending over the King of the South.
