^11:6After some years have passed, they¹⁴ will form an alliance. Then the daughter¹⁵ of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power,¹⁶ nor will he continue¹⁷ in his strength.¹⁸ She, together with the one who brought her, her child,¹⁹ and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time.²⁰

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Footnotes

14 Here they refers to Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( 285–246 b.c.) and Antiochus II Theos ( 262–246 b.c.).
15 The daughter refers to Berenice, who was given in marriage to Antiochus II Theos.
16 Heb “the strength of the arm.”
17 Heb “stand.” So also in vv. 7, 8, 11, 13.
18 Heb “and his arm.” Some understand this to refer to the descendants of the king of the north.
19 The present translation reads יַלְדָּה (yaldah, “her child”) rather than the יֹלְדָהּ (yolédah, “the one who begot her”). Cf. Theodotion, the , and the .
20 Antiochus II eventually divorced Berenice and remarried his former wife Laodice, who then poisoned her husband, had Berenice put to death, and installed her own son, Seleucus II Callinicus ( 246–227 b.c.), as the Seleucid king.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

After some years they shall make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement. But she shall not retain the strength of her arm, and he and his arm shall not endure, but she shall be given up, and her attendants, he who fathered her, and he who supported her in those times.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After some years, they will become allies. The daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to make an alliance, but she will not retain her power, and he and his power will not last. In those days she will be betrayed, together with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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. She will not retain power, and his strength will not endure. She will be given up, together with her entourage, her father, and the one who supported her during those times.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Some years later an alliance will be formed between the king of the north and the king of the south. The daughter of the king of the south will be given in marriage to the king of the north to secure the alliance, but she will lose her influence over him, and so will her father. She will be abandoned along with her supporters.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And at the end of some years they will make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make a peace treaty, but she will not retain her position of power, and his offspring will not endure, and she will be given up, she and her attendants and her child supporting her, in those times.

KJV 1900King James Version

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

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