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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
VERSE 40. And at the time of the end shall

the king of the south push at him: and the king

of the north shall come against him like a

whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen,

and with many ships: and he shall enter into

the countries, and shall overflow and pass

over.

After a long interval, the king of the south and

the king of the north again appear on the stage

of action. We have met with nothing to

indicate that we are to look to any localities for

these powers other than those which shortly

after the death of Alexander, constituted

respectively the southern and northern

divisions of his empire. The king of the south

was at that time Egypt, and the king of the

north was Syria, including Thrace and Asia

Minor. Egypt is still, by common agreement,