Dan 11:17 | CPDV | STEP | And he will set his face to strive to hold his entire kingdom, and he will make fair conditions with him. And he will give him a daughter among women, so as to overthrow it. But she will not stand, neither will she be for him.

‏ Daniel 11:17

17 And he will set his face to strive to hold his entire kingdom, and he will make fair conditions with him. And he will give him a daughter among women, so as to overthrow it. But she will not stand, neither will she be for him. ^{▼▼11:17A woman among women is an exemplary woman (cf. song of songs). But the phrase a daughter among women is an unusual twist on the more common expression of a woman among women. From the context and from the expression, this phrase would still seem somewhat complementary. She is an exemplary woman – but so young as to be called a daughter rather than a woman. An exemplary young woman, and perhaps the meaning is also that she is too young for the task she has been given. In any case, she fails at her unenviable task and she does not remain with him.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼11:17 All his kingdom: Viz., all the kingdom of Ptolemeus Epiphanes, son of Philopator.(Challoner)
,} ^{▼▼11:17 A daughter of women: That is, a most beautiful woman, viz., his daughter Cleopatra.(Challoner)
,} ^{▼▼11:17 To overthrow it: Viz., the kingdom of Epiphanes: but his policy shall not succeed; for Cleopatra shall take more to heart the interest of her husband, than that of her father.(Challoner)}