276    The Bible and the Future of the World 

alliance is formed. The daughter of the king of the South might be his actual 

daughter, or it may be a woman who has a daughter like relationship with 

him. The North is the northern part of the great monarch s former kingdom; 

the North is now a kingdom of its own. The North includes most or all of 

Europe. The attempt by the daughter of the South to make peace is 

unsuccessful. 

{11:7} And a transplant from the germination of her roots will stand up, and 

he will come with an army, and will enter into the province of the king of 

the North, and he will abuse them, and will hold it fast. 

The phrase  transplant from the germination of her roots  is unusual; it 

probably indicates the use of some type of medical technology in the 

procreation of this child or of a descendant of hers. This man arrives with an 

army, perhaps somewhat in revenge for the way she was treated; that is why 

is abuses them and does not merely conquer them. He succeeds in holding 

the lands that he captures. 

{11:8} And, in addition, he will carry away captive into Egypt their gods, 

and their graven images, and likewise their precious vessels of gold and 

silver. He will prevail against the king of the North. 

{11:9} And the king of the South will enter into the kingdom, and will 

return to his own land. 

{11:10} But his sons will be challenged, and they will assemble a multitude 

of very many forces. And he will arrive rushing and overflowing. And he 

will return, and he will be enraged, and he will join the battle in his redness. 

{11:11} And the king of the South, having being challenged, will go forth 

and will fight against the king of the North, and he will prepare an 

exceedingly great multitude, and a multitude will be given into his hand. 

{11:12} And he will seize a multitude, and his heart will be exalted, and he 

will cast down many thousands, but he will not prevail. 

War between the North and the South continues over the course of a long 

time, through many generations. Sometimes the North is the aggressor and 

sometimes the South is the aggressor. But either way, in the end, neither 

succeeds in capturing and holding the other s kingdom for any significant 

length of time. 

{11:13} For the king of the North will change strategy and will prepare a 

multitude much greater than before, and at the end of times and years, he 

will rush forward with a great army and exceedingly great resources.