Since the seven, eight, and eleven chapters all say the same thing, how do you interpret the ten kings mentioned in the seven chapters, the four kingdoms mentioned in the eight chapters, and the southern kings and the northern kings mentioned in the eleventh chapter?
I think the big horn of the ram is the first king of Greece, a brave king who did not conquer Egypt, and the king of Egypt is the mighty king of the south as described in chapter 11 verse 5.
But he conquered parts of Europe and Asia, and he conquered at least the Two Rivers Valley and the European countries surrounding Greece. He died when he was particularly strong, and since he had no descendants or his descendants were still young, his kingdom was divided and became four nations.
The kings of the four nations were his former generals, and they were bound to fight each other for more land and people. In this way, Egypt in the south stayed out of the way and slowly became stronger.
Daniel 11:5 "The king of the south will be strong, and one of his men will be stronger than him, and he will hold great power." "A great marshal (or general) of the king of the south, who used the power of the king of the south to conquer the four kingdoms of the north and became the king of the north, is the fourth beast in the seven chapters, that is, the one who is full of sin and law in chapter 8 verse 23.
Daniel 11:6 "In a few years they will be united with each other, and the daughter of the king of the south will make a covenant with the king of the north, but the power of this woman's help will not survive, nor will the king and the power on which he depends, and the woman who led her and gave birth to her, and who helped her at that time, will be handed over to death." ”
The king of the north who made a pact with the daughter of the king of the south here must be the second king, and if he is still the marshal, there is no need to make a covenant, nor does he need to be connected to each other, because he is the general of the king of the south.
The king of the north destroyed the king of the south, and the army on which the king of the south depended was annihilated. He also killed the queen of the southern king and the princess who made the covenant, and those who supported, guided, and helped the princess at that time were handed over to death.
Daniel 11:7-8 "But the woman's own family will have another son to continue the throne, and he will lead an army into the protection of the king of the north, attack them, and win." And they plundered their idols and cast idols and treasures of gold and silver to Egypt. For several years, he did not attack the king of the north. ”
Another king arose in Egypt, and this king was the son of the king of the south, because the original text of the family was "root", and the woman's "root" was her father, the king of the south, and the kingdom could not be left without a master for a day, and the woman's brother succeeded her father as the king of the south. How can the revenge of killing parents and sisters not be repaid?
Finally, one day, he led his army into the protection of the King of the North and attacked them. As for why he did not attack the King of the North for several years, I don't know why, but as a king, he is now a politician, and there are many reasons why he cannot act according to his will.
It is also possible that the person who succeeded to the throne was the princess's uncle and brother, and the princess's own family may be her uncle or uncle, so that he was not very close to the previous southern king, so that he could "not attack the northern king for a few years." ”