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

Daniel 11:15

15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. ^{▼▼ This well-fortified city is apparently Sidon. Its capture from the Ptolemies by Antiochus the Great was a strategic victory for the Seleucid kingdom.} The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. ^{▼▼ Or “choice troops” (BDB 104 s.v. מִבְחָר), or “elite troops” (HALOT 542 s.v. מִבְחָר).} They will have no strength to prevail.