^11:15Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city.³⁷ The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents.³⁸ They will have no strength to prevail.

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37 This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.
38 Or “choice troops” ( 104 מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” ( מִבְחָר).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then the king of the north shall come and throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, or even his best troops, for there shall be no strength to stand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the king of the North will come and build up siege ramps and will capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will be powerless to resist; even their best troops will not have the strength to stand.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their select troops will not be able to resist.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the king of the north will come and lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The best troops of the south will not be able to stand in the face of the onslaught.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the king of the north will come, and he will throw up siege ramps and capture a city of fortifications and the military forces of the south and his choice troops will not stand, for there is no strength left to resist.

KJV 1900King James Version

So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

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